Horse Hippie’s Morning Mantras

Morning Mantra: "Sometimes just being there for someone can bring hope when all seems hopeless." If you’re a fixer like me, you think helping always has to be a grand gesture or solving someone’s problems, when all they really need most times it just to know that someone cares. Its difficult for me to remember that people don’t always need advice. Sometimes all they really need is a hand...

Morning Mantra: "Just do it!" Someone in a hospital bed is praying for the opportunities you have. So do it scared. Do it sad. Do it confused. Do it alone. Do it unmotivated. Do it embarrassed. Do it anxious. Do it because you can! Quit making excuses, putting it off, complaining about it, dreaming about it, whining about it, crying about it, believing you can’t, worrying if you can, wai...

Morning Mantra: "What's going to happen will or will not happen whether you worry about it or not." Worry tricks you into believing control will save you. But the truth is, freedom is found in release. Worry tells you that if you plan harder, hold tighter, anticipate every outcome, you’ll finally be safe. That if you grip strong enough, nothing will fall apart. But life has never wo...

Morning Mantra: "Don't let toxic people manipulate your reality." Have you ever been in this situation? You get upset because of someone's actions, then they get upset because of your reaction to their actions. They think it's the same behavior but it's not the same. You are trying to communicate, they are gaslighting to avoid accountability.  You are not creating neg...

Morning Mantra: "You can't go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending." For a moment pretend your life is a house.  You go room to room looking for work to be done, and things that happened that need to be fixed. It's so overwhelming that you decide to just live with it.  You pretend not to notice the damage, you decide to let the da...

Morning Mantra: "I will appreciate everything." Appreciate when you walk outside and the sun warms you. Appreciate it when someone smiles at you.  Appreciate the people who tell you they care about you.  Appreciate who you are and appreciate that you are here for a reason.  Appreciate that people want you here and that they love you.  Appreciate the effort people give you.  Appreciate th...

Morning Mantra: “I will honor myself and rest without guilt.” I spent the weekend working a horse show with my mobile unit and I love to talk to my customers. It seemed like a theme was running through our discussions. One of total exhaustion. People said they feel tired all the time, and did not have the energy to do life.  They also said they feel guilty when they can't do what they think t...

Morning Mantra: “Never forget you are responsible for the words you speak.” People are so casual with the words “I’m sorry.”  Sometimes it can feel like there is no feeling behind the words. One way to acknowledge your part in an apology is to replace “Sorry” with “Thank You” and watch how things change. Instead of saying “Sorry I’m late” Say “Thank you for waiting.” Instead of saying “Sorry, I fo...

Morning Mantra: “Your past is not your identity, it’s your preparation.” You are not what you’ve been through. You are what you’ve overcome. You are not your past actions.  You are the lessons learned. You are not your past mistakes. You are what you did to correct them. You are not how others might have treated you. You are how you responded to it. You are not your past.  You are only what you th...

Morning Mantra: "Today is going to be a good day!" Every morning tell yourself today is going to be a good day! Positivity attracts positivity like a magnet.  The brighter we shine the more good things we attract. There is simply not enough action you can do to compensate for the misalignment of energy. But if you care about how you feel and you intentionally put out good energy, you exp...

Morning Mantra: “What we know matters, but who we are matters most.” Being, rather than knowing, requires us to show up authentically, letting ourselves be vulnerable and open.  You can think you know “it all” and still not be knowable so deep, true connections are impossible. To someone that uses their head more than their heart the thought of being vulnerable can be scary.  Vulnerability require...

Morning Mantra: “You don’t have to take responsibility for what isn’t yours.”  We all have enough of our own negative feelings to deal with, we don’t need to carry the negativity of someone else.  If someone tries to lay something heavy on you to lighten their load, don’t take it in. Just recognize it as theirs to deal with and put that burden down.  You can wish them well, support them from afar,...

Morning Mantra: “Don’t wish away your days waiting, live now.” Some people think they have to wait until something is "right" before they will do or feel something else. Like there are conditions to life. If you are waiting for a reason to be happy you are wasting valuable time wishing instead of enjoying. Don’t wait until you are thinner to get in the pool. Don’t wait until you are rich...

Morning Mantra: “One breath, one moment, one day at a time.” Stress and anxiety seems to follow dreams and the future around. We think about all the things we need to do, or all the things that could go wrong about our plans. This does nothing but rob us of the fun in it all.  It's in those times we need to remember that the future comes one day at a time, and we can take each day one moment...

Morning Mantra: "Choice is the most powerful tool you have." Everything boils down to choice. We exist in the field of infinite possibilities.  At any point, we can change the direction of our lives by simple choice. It is all in our hands, our hearts, and our minds. For example, you can make progress or you can make excuses. You get to choose. You can be miserable or you can be motivate...

Morning Mantra: "It's not too hard, you've just never done it before. Keep trying." I hope that you make mistakes. Because if you’re making mistakes, then you’re trying new things, learning, living, pushing yourselves, and changing yourself. And when it gets hard, I hope you don’t quit. Doing new things, learning new things, and pushing yourself can be frustrating, scary, and m...

Morning Mantra: “Don’t trust everything your mind is telling you.” It all begins and ends with your mind and what you think. If your mind tells you that you aren’t good enough you will begin to believe it.  If your mind reacts with anxiety or fear in a stressful situation, you will be stressed and  fearful. If you think you can’t do something, you’ll stay stuck.  If you interpret someone’s behavio...

Morning Mantra: “Life isn’t always fair.” I remember when my kids were little and they would complain about how unfair something was and my sister always said, "Life isn't always fair." I chuckled then but she was right. It's true; some people are born into better environments, some have better genetics, and some know the right people and others are in the right place at the ri...

Morning Mantra: "Life humbles you as you age, and you realize what really matters." Today is your opportunity to be humbled. Today is the time to stop focusing on what doesn’t matter, and start focusing on what will move you forward with grace, dignity and love. We all have the ability to look within, and find what matters and what doesn’t. Who matters, and who doesn't. Where you wa...

Morning Mantra: “Judge me when you're perfect, otherwise, get lost.” I love this quote because we all know that no one is perfect, therefore, no one has the right to judge.  We are not here to judge each other anyway; we are here to lift each other up. When we criticize, condemn, blame, denounce or find fault, we lower our own vibration to one that does not attract what you need to be YOUR be...

Morning Mantra: "You often feel tired not because you did too much, but because you did too little of what sets our soul on fire." We can fill every. single. moment. of our day with things, stuff, busy work. And yes, you will probably be tired at the end of the day.  But when you don't have a jammed packed schedule, and you are tired anyway, that's when you know you need to fil...

Morning Mantra: “Trauma comes back as a response, not a memory.” Trauma compromises your ability to engage with others by replacing connection with patterns of protection. That’s why healthy relationships are difficult for wounded people in survival mode. Traumatic events, by definition, overwhelm our ability to cope. When the mind becomes flooded with emotion, a circuit breaker is thrown that all...

Morning Mantra: "Today may I remember the 5 S's" I am Safe. I am Strong. I am Seen. I am Supported. I am a Survivor. Say these to yourself over and over each day until you feel it. You can choose to start any day off with your head held high, a smile on your face, and one foot in front off the other, just as much as you have the power to choose fear and indecision. Let this be the t...

Morning Mantra: "Your heart knows the way, run in that direction.” Whenever you are confused about a decision, remember this quote by Rumi. Then, stop overthinking and start listening to your heart. Run towards what you love, towards what speaks to you.  Run towards your dreams- the ones you can't stop thinking about. Run towards self care. Run towards inner peace. Run towards your truth...

Morning Mantra: "Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you." Anxiety and tension are no fun.  They put a damper on everything from how you think, to how you feel.  Many of us struggle with it so much we feel like we are in a constant state of "fight or flight" mode.   We have an anxious thoughts because our brain is always trying to kee...