Horse Hippie’s Morning Mantras

Morning Mantra: “Don’t just count your blessings. Be the blessing other people count on.” Today will never come again. Be a blessing, be a friend. B- be present. L- let the day flow with grace. E- expect joy. S- see the good in others. S- speak with kindness. I- impart only love. N- never forget you are not alone. G- give thanks for everything. #BeABlessing #HorseHippie #MorningMantra #inspiration...

Morning Mantra: “You never know how strong you are until being strong is the only choice you have.” The truth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feeling deeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in such moments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of our ruts and start searching for different ways or truer answers. Life’s cha...

Morning Mantra: “If you’re always having to be the bigger person, maybe you shouldn’t be around little minded people.” Too often “being the bigger person“ is misinterpreted to mean we must put up with poor treatment from others, or to accept scraps from their table.  You don’t have to be the bigger person if someone is mistreating you, and does so regularly, it’s time to move on. You don’t have to...

Morning Mantra: “People who run from their own feelings will run from yours too.” People who lack accountability will often avoid responsibility for the relationship and shift the blame to you. Manipulation is when they get upset with you every time you tell them what they did that hurt you.  Because they lack accountability, they will create a made-up narrative about you so they don’t feel bad ab...

Morning Mantra: “When we avoid difficult conversations we are not keeping the peace, we are keeping the tension.” We tend to not have difficult conversations because we want to avoid making things worse, or we are worried about hurting the relationship. But, when we avoid difficult conversations, we trade short term discomfort for long-term dysfunction.  Healthy adults talk about problems, they lo...

Morning Mantra: “Hindsight happens after the lesson.” You can think about the decisions you made and turn them over in your mind 1 million times. You can play out possible scenarios, but really when it comes down to it, you have to live with it and move forward. Every decision brings with it some good, some bad, and some luck.  All bring lessons to be learned. It’s easy to look back at an somethin...

Morning Mantra: “Sometimes you don’t feel the weight of something you’ve been carrying until you feel the freedom of its release.” This year, I will learn to step away from people in spaces where I don’t feel valued. I will stop over explaining, forcing connections, and seeking validation from others.  I will trust my intuition, set boundaries, and remove my energy without guilt.  I realize that p...

Morning Mantra: “Your biggest opponent isn’t the other person, it's your own reflection.” The goal to self-improvement is not to always be trying to be better than others.  The goal should be to be better than your previous self.  This can be difficult when you feel your self-worth is determined by how you compare. Remember, self-worth is determined by you. How YOU feel about yourself. There...

Morning Mantra: “It’s the sweet, simple things in life that are the real ones after all.” For the longest time, it feels like I’ve been trying to make sense of life. But now I see, there’s no sense to be made, only life to be lived. For the longest time I was searching for this grand purpose to my life, to give myself a reason for being here.  But now I realize that life isn’t a set purpose to ful...

Morning Mantra: “Don’t try to change people. Make a realistic decision about where they fit into your life based on who they are, not who you want them to be.” This is a tough one to hear and to learn but you have to stop trying to change someone who doesn’t want to change.  Stop giving chances to someone who abuses your forgiveness.  Stop walking back to the place where your heart ran from.  Stop...

Morning Mantra: “Somewhere in the middle of our happy moments, we all sigh a little in the memory of someone we miss.” Holiday time can be really difficult when you are missing someone.  Missing someone isn’t about how long it’s been since you’ve seen them or the amount of time since you’ve talked to them. It’s about that very moment when you’re doing something and wishing they were right there wi...

Morning Mantra: “Today, I just want to be grateful for the gift of life. No request, no complaints, just grateful to be alive.” When you get up in the morning, think of what a precious privilege is to be alive. To breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love. Do not spoil all of this by focusing on what you don’t have or remembering what went wrong. Focus on being grateful for what you have now because wh...

Morning Mantra: “I don’t mind being wrong because it means I will learn something new.” It’s OK to be wrong, to own the mistake. To say, “yeah, I messed up. “ It doesn’t make you weak, it makes you honest. And always needing to be “right" keeps you stuck.  Being wrong is how you learn. How you grow.  So go ahead and try, even if you end up being wrong.  Go ahead and be wrong, then take respon...

Morning Mantra: “Focus on improving yourself, not on proving yourself.” In this New Year it's time to stop worrying about other people understanding and accepting you and to start getting in touch with yourself instead. Focus on what makes YOU happy, what makes your soul feel at peace.   You are your biggest commitment, so start loving your flaws, your awkwardness, your weirdness, your intens...

Morning Mantra: “What the new year brings to you will depend a great deal on what you bring into the new year.” New year, a new chapter, a new verse, or just the same old story? Ultimately, we write it. The choices are ours. Each new year we had before us a brand-new book containing 365 blank pages. Remember, your life is your story to write. Fill your pages with all the forgotten things from last...

Morning Mantra: “You can’t change what’s going on around you, until you change what’s going on within you.” Improvement starts within you and is dependent on your own efforts. So, if you want to make positive change in your life start with yourself and make the effort.  No one is control of your happiness, but you; therefore, you have the power to change anything about yourself or your life that y...

Morning Mantra: “If you want something you’ve never had, you have to do things you’ve never done.” I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you’re making mistakes, then you’re trying new things, learning new things, living larger, pushing yourself, changing yourself, changing your world.  Don’t quit because you think it’s too hard, it’s not hard, you’ve just never done it be...

Morning Mantra: “Only as high as I reach can I grow. Only as far as I seek can I go. Only as far as I look can I see. Only as much as I dream can I be.” Know that you can start late, look different, be uncertain, and still succeed because  there is always more than one way to get things done. There will always be a way to start over and it is always the right time to do what makes you happy. There...

Morning Mantra: “You can be your own best friend, or your own worst enemy. Choose wisely.” When you mess up it’s easy to beat yourself up. To say things to yourself that are unkind. To be hyper-critical of your mistakes. How long would you tolerate someone else treating you badly or talking to you the way you talk to yourself? Not long. Self-compassion means pausing to be purposefully kind to your...

Morning Mantra: "You can't litter negativity everywhere you go, then wonder why you have a trashy life." It's sad to me to hear someone complain all the time.  To be so negative in their thoughts.  To hear them find fault and conflict in everything. It's even more difficult to comprehend if you understand that you reap what you sow. Meaning that if you put negativity out t...

Morning Mantra: “Let there be peace on Earth, and let it begin with me.” Today is the day that Christians everywhere celebrate the birth of Jesus, the Prince of Peace. Let us each look at ways to bring peace into our lives, even if it’s just a few minutes a day. Taking a few moments to be truly present in a reflection of gratitude. Imagine the possibility of peace on earth with the knowledge that...

Morning Mantra: “A good life is a collection of happy memories.” The way I see it, the way we get to live forever is through memories stored in the hearts and souls of those whose lives we touch. That’s our soul print.  I realize that it is truly hard in our oh so commercial society to not get caught up in the busyness and rush of the season. But try not to focus so much on the material things thi...

Morning Mantra: “Things work out best for those that make the best out of how things work out.” Sometimes we fell like our heart will never heal, or we’ll never get out of the impossible struggle. It's important that you stop THINKING you’ll be stuck in your situation forever. What you think really matters, so think thoughts about your ability to over come. Think about everything you've...

Morning Mantra: "Just Breathe. It's just a bad day, not a bad life.” It's the crazy part of the season.  You are rushing to this event or another, still trying to find the right gift for that hard-to-buy person, still haven't wrapped a single gift, AND you still have all your regular life busyness! Breathe.  And KNOW you can get through a single day.  Breathe and don't loo...

Morning Mantra: "You can pretend to care, but you can't pretend to show up." Last weekend I attended the memorial service for someone I've know all my life. He was such a cool person but cancer took him way too soon. This mantra quote by George L. Bell represents him perfectly because he was a person who always showed up. He felt that if you truly cared about a person or a caus...