Horse Hippie’s Morning Mantras

Morning Mantra: "In life, it's important to simply stop arguing with certain people, and just let them be wrong." With the stress of the the current climate in the US most people need an outlet for their anxiety. Some people take up a new sport or mindfulness hobby, some go back to school online, some quit their jobs and hit the road. Others decide to get mad and stay that way. And when they are feeling particularly anxious or challenged, they pick fights. In their...

Morning Mantra: "Fix the leak before filling the bucket." We all want to add extra "good" things to our lives. Maybe we think that if we fill our life with good stuff it will counteract anything that's bad. Truth is, addressing one bad habit will do more to change your life than adding another good one. Mainly because that bad habit/situation/relationship takes up space. Space where the new ( better) thing needs to go. Cramming another thing onto your plate without creati...

Morning Mantra: “Use your time creating the life you want, instead of escaping the life you have.” If you want to make positive changes in your life, get in the habit of asking yourself, “Does this support the life I am trying to create?” Then don’t sit on the couch and wait for it to happen. You must take control of your thoughts and actions. Start eliminating things that don't align and adding things that do. Go out and try new things. Throw away what you’ve been c...

Morning Mantra: "The cracks are where the light gets in." Some of the posts I do are worth repeating. This one from 2021 is one of them. The Japanese art of Kintsugi , which literally means "gold joinery", believes in putting broken pottery pieces back together with gold — it is a metaphor for embracing your flaws and imperfections. I love this idea of emphasizing the cracks. We are all broken at times. But this is where the light of healing can enter. By usin...

Morning Mantra: "I wonder how much of what weighs me down isn't mine to carry." If you are like me you have a natural tendency to want to take on more than you need to. To solve everyone's problems instead of just listening to them and letting them unburden themselves. Detachment is something I had to learn. It's not a sign of not caring about others. It's more about taking care of yourself first and letting others take responsibility for their actions without...