Heart of Gold

It was Friday and my week had been long and ridiculously busy. Even with my new assistant, I was struggling to “get it all done.” Even though I am living in a beautiful house on 17 acres, it seemed that each day I was caught up in everything but spending time with my horses. I felt as if I was becoming a fake. Who was I to talk about the connection between horse and human?

Mid-day I turned off the computer and closed the door to my office. I walked out to the pasture longing to see my four-legged boys and to breathe in the crisp winter air. There I found Moon. His head low and relaxed, ears forward, his eye directly on me, as if he had been waiting the whole time.

I stopped about ten yards away. Mental chatter filled my mind, “Will he come to me? Oh, I so want him to just come here. Come Moon, prove to me we are connected? Just come on over – please? Darn it, he is not going to come. We have lost our connection.” Moon remained unmoving, his eyes penetrated into mine and I felt a jolt awaken me. I got a hold of the mental chatter and then shifted my awareness to my heart.

Instantly, a slight warm glow began spread through my heart. I focused on my breath, bringing my awareness even deeper into myself. My eyes still gazing into Moon’s as deep feelings and words of pure appreciation flowed through my whole being. My first horse, and such a great teacher he is. The sun’s bright light reflected off the blanket of fresh snow accentuating the golden dapples on his massive body.

As my breath moved through my heart, I felt pure love extending from me to him. Suddenly the size of my heart felt as if it had doubled. In that very second he moved to me, his eyes never leaving mine. I stood still and he stopped just three feet away from me. He has always done this, never entering my personal space but allowing me to come to him. I stepped up to him and rested my check against his fuzzy neck and my arms lifted up and wrapped around his dark black mane. Gently his heavy head lowered down and wrapped around me. Solid and heavy the weight of his head pushed down on my shoulder. There we stood for several minutes. I was back in horse time.

Horse Time: A time when there is nothing to do and nothing to say. A time when the body is breathing the world, the eyes see the subtle tones of light and color, the whispers of nature become the music in the mind, and earthy scents expand into the nostrils, waking from a deep sleep. It is a time where nothing really matters but being. That state of “beingness” expands awareness, and time itself. It gentles the spirit, bringing us silly humans back into our bodies and into our hearts.

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Experience Moon’s Heart of Gold in at a program in Colorado