Horse Hippie’s Morning Mantras

Morning Mantra: “Your experience of the external world is a reflection of the state of your internal world.” A life fully lived isn’t a life free from problems, they are inevitable. But instead of resisting them in a constant state of searching for happiness, learn to embrace life- problems and all- without wishing it was different. Learn to say “Yes” to your flawed and imperfect life. Stop trying...

Morning Mantra: “We are here to add what we can to life, not to get what we can from life.” The key to a great life is to shift your focus from accumulation to contribution. Your contribution to the world is YOU. How you live, how you give, how joyful you are, and everything you do is an expression of that. Not sure who you are? The best way to find yourself is in the service of others. No contrib...

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?” Don’t sit on the couch and wait for it to happen. Go out and try new things. Throw away what you’ve been cluttering. A clean space gives you a sense of control....

Morning Mantra: "Don’t waste your words on people who deserve your silence.” Recently I had to sort through a bullying problem. I’m more of a pacifist than a fighter (being a hippy and all) and I understand that sometimes we need to ignore certain people to achieve peace. But man that can be difficult! The bully is a control freak and, in her effort to keep her world “safe”, she tries to tell...

Morning Mantra: “Every little thing is going to be alright.” It's easier to think things won't work out.  But if you believe things will work out they will, probably better than you can imagine. Even if it’s not like you had planned, know deep inside that you can and will handle it. Remember this when you feel like you’re in a hard place or you feel like you’re facing things you don’t kn...

Morning Mantra: “I have decided that love wins.” Occasionally I have to remind myself that everything is not about me and my story. I have to remember that we ALL have stories. We are ALL out here trying. We are ALL dealing with something. And sometimes life is simply hard. For me AND for others. So instead of staying wrapped up in my own bubble, I need to give grace. Smile more. Let things go mor...

Morning Mantra: “When we avoid difficult conversations, we trade short term discomfort for long term dysfunction.” People will hurt each other, it’s part of being human.  But healthy adults talk about problems. They look for solutions together. They have the difficult conversations. Having a difficult conversation is easier if you communicate with compassion, directly, and kindly. If you focus on...

Morning Mantra: “Every flower must grow through dirt.” Strength doesn’t come from what you can do. It comes from overcoming things you once thought you couldn’t do. Just like the flower you must push your way through the darkness to the light.  It helps to remember the times you thought you couldn’t get through but you did. The times all you could see was the darkness, the unknown, the scary, the...

Morning Mantra: "Happiness is not getting all you want, it's about enjoying all that you already have." So many people think they will be happy if... I get a new car. I lose weight. I get married, have a child, or two. I get a new house. I move to another place. I get to take a vacation. I have enough money. And on and on. But why delay being happy? Nothing outside of you will make...

Morning Mantra: “Pay more attention to a person’s intention rather than their appearance. Don’t confuse their soul with their shell.” We are so quick to judge others in our society. Social media doesn’t help. Most people are pretending to be someone they think others will like or “follow”. But the purest, most giving people often come disguised as someone you wouldn’t naturally be drawn to. Be ope...

Morning Mantra: “Rule number one: Don’t sweat the small stuff. Rule number two: It’s all small stuff.” If you want to test your memory, try remembering what you were so worried about a year ago. You’ll probably discover that you can’t remember the little things that had you so worked up. It helps to ask yourself if the problem is fixable. If it is, then you don’t need to worry. If it’s not, then t...

Morning Mantra: “Stop venting and start praying. You don’t need sympathy you need strength.” It’s easy to get caught up in the “poor me” cycle but it does nothing to solve your problem. It just makes you feel worse while you still have the problem! It’s fine to express your frustration or disappointment, but don’t get stuck there. Get going. Start moving in the direction of change or acceptance. S...

Morning Mantra: “Just be a good person. Love who you can, help where you can, give what you can.” As humans, we tend to complicate things with our ever-so-busy minds. Our ego gets in the way.  We over analyze relationships. We think helping others must be reciprocal. We worry our gifts aren't enough. But, life is pretty simple actually. Take your thoughts out of it.  And just do. Use an open...

Morning Mantra: “You become what you surround yourself with. Energies are contagious. Choose carefully. " The people we surround ourselves with, the environments we inhabit, and the energies we allow into our lives, have a profound impact on who we become.  Like a sponge absorbing its surroundings, we absorb the thoughts, beliefs, and emotions of those around us.  Positive energies uplift and...

Morning Mantra: "One of the hardest things in life to learn is which bridges to cross and which bridges to burn." This quote can be applied to just about everything in life; relationships, jobs, goals, health, and disagreements.  When I was younger I would cross ALL the bridges.  I was committed to embracing the range of life's experiences and emotions.  Even if my gut was telling m...

Morning Mantra: “It’s the darkness that teaches you the value of the light you bring to this world in the first place.” When we face adversity many times we stifle our emotions and harden our hearts to protect us from hurt. We ignore our dark feelings and try to live as if we don’t have any. The problem with that is the more you deny these dark thoughts and feelings, the more power you give them....

Morning Mantra: “Growth is stepping over things you used to trip on.” The surest way to live your best life is to be willing to continuously grow.  To learn which things need your attention and which can be stepped over.  Which to let go, and what can be ignored.   The way that you grow is to be willing to change.  The way that you change is to be willing to learn.  The way you learn is to be will...

Morning Mantra: "Wrong is wrong. Even if everyone is doing it. Right is right. Even if no one is doing it." This quote by William Penn is appropriate these days as it seems like humanity is being faced with a choice.  But I believe that every one of us understands that deep inside of us a voice telling us what our best self would do at all times. But we get to make our own choice whether...

Morning Mantra: “Put yourself in charge of how your day goes. " If things didn't turn out the way you had hoped this morning, try to not give other people permission to ruin your day. Yes, the guy that just cut you off in traffic is a jerk, but you don’t need to own that energy. He doesn't even know you so his behavior wasn't personal. Yes, your boss is a narcissist and blames...

Morning Mantra: “Enjoy the journey as much as the destination.” When you are on the journey, all you can think about is the destination, but when you reach the destination, you realize that it was really about the journey all along. This is life.  We get so focused on getting somewhere, obtaining something, landing someone, that we tend to overlook the importance of what it takes to do it. The bea...

Morning Mantra: “Once she stopped rushing through life, she was amazed at how much more of life she had time for.” God is not in a hurry, you are. And that’s why you are stressed, anxious, and burnt out. It’s time to slow down. It’s time to rest. It’s time to pause from your full calendar and task list to take a moment and remind yourself that this is life, right here and right now. God’s timing i...

Morning Mantra: "When the Universe strips us bare, kindness is what brings us back." There is so much unpleasantness out there today.  It's just icky.  I find moments of kindness really helps me and the other person. Try to remember that wherever there is a person in need, there is an opportunity for kindness and to make a difference. So today, find those opportunities. Pay for some...

Morning Mantra: “The day I understood everything was the day I stopped trying to control everything.” The day I knew peace was the day I started to let things go, let things (aka energy) flow- through me-around me- to me. What you resist, be it the need to change, forgiving someone, what you do with your life, or whatever you are pushing back at, will keep persisting. You will waste a tremendous a...

Morning Mantra:  "Belonging doesn't require you to change who you are. It requires you to BE who you are." The opposite of belonging is fitting in. Because fitting in is assessing a group of people and thinking “Who do I need to be? What do I need to wear? How do I need to act?”  And then changing who you are so you fit in. If we fit in because of how we have changed ourselves, that...

Morning Mantra: “Tiny steps will take you there.” That’s what most of life is… tiny steps. One tiny step that you take every day in the right direction.  So when you look back down the road it all adds up and you know you covered some distance. It took me a long time to accept this, but it’s true, you need to have patience with your journey. Looking at the big picture can be so overwhelming that y...