Horse Hippie’s Morning Mantras

Morning Mantra: “Life is about making choices, trade-offs: it’s about deliberately choosing a different way.” Trade your fears for courage. Trade your regrets for lessons learned. Trade your worries for surrender. Trade your doubts for trust. Trade your sorrows for joy. Trade your anger for compassion. And without even realizing it, you will have traded your suffering for happiness. #BeWillingToTr...

Morning Mantra: “Your greatest victories might be the battles you never fight.” The next time you find yourself walking into a confrontation, debate or an argument, ask yourself if you really need to be there. Not every battle cry is meant to be answered. Some provide the opportunity to rise above whatever (or whoever) is trying to provoke you. Of course not all conflict should be avoided. Sometim...

Morning Mantra: “The light you radiate from your soul is like sunshine that warms a heart.” Some of you were unaware of just how amazing you really are. The way you make people laugh, lift others up, or spread some extra love.  You do this, even though you were struggling too, and I think it makes you such a beautiful human being. Thank you. #BeARayOfSunshine #HorseHippie #MorningMantra #inspirati...

Morning Mantra: “Getting knocked down in life is a given, getting back up is a choice.” When life knocks you down, stay there for a little while. Catch your breath, rest, look up at the sky, gaze at the clouds, the birds, the stars, the moon, whatever’s up there, and know, this thing that knocked you down, is only a lesson along a path that leads to something better. What happens to us, doesn’t de...

Morning Mantra: “When someone tells you it can’t be done, remember those are their limits, not yours.” Don’t let other people get in your head. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do.  They don’t even try to imagine something bigger. Your mind is your only limit. You can go as far as your mind lets you.  If you had told me I could re-create my life at 54, I would have had my d...

Morning Mantra: “The six best doctors: sunshine, water, exercise, rest, fresh air, and horses.” I added horses of course! But seriously, try to include as many of these healthy habits as possible every day.  If you want to change your life, you must start to cultivate good habits. Depending on what they are our habits will either make us or break us. Healthy habits are learned in the same way as u...

Morning Mantra: "Happiness is much easier when you walk away from things that keep you sad." You must stop wasting time on things that are contributing to your unhappiness. Like the job with endless hours that leaves you little time for things that make you happy.  Or the people that suck your energy dry.  Or the restrictive diet that you think you need to look a certain way to be accept...

Morning Mantra: "Work on yourself, by yourself, for yourself." Before you try and work on your relationships, make sure you are balanced and centered so you know what you want and deserve.  Start by forgiving yourself for your imperfections; they are your path to acceptance. Be willing to do the hard work,  because you are worth the effort.  Trust the process and the timing, and remember...

Morning Mantra: “Wanna know who’s going through a lot right now? Everyone. Be kind.” Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring. Any of these little gestures has the power to change someone’s mood, or day, or even their life, and they don’t cost you anything. And the coolest thing about being kind is t...

Morning Mantra: "Learn to be happy right now. Otherwise you run out of time." Don't wait for things to get easier, simpler, or better. Some area of your life will ALWAYS be complicated. There will ALWAYS be reasons to be unhappy. But they can't win.  Life is too short. Find reasons to be happy NOW. Even with the stress, chaos, crappy job, extra weight, lack of money, unfulfilli...

Morning Mantra: “If it’s out of your hands, then give it freedom from your mind.” You can’t control everything.   Sometimes you just need to relax and have faith that things will work out. Worrying and over-thinking only make you anxious. Let go a little and just let life happen. #BeWillingToRelax #BeHappy #BeHorsey #BeHippie #MorningMantra #WordsToInspire #InspirationalQuotes #SmallBusinessOwner...

Morning Mantra: “The sun will come out tomorrow.” You are so hard on yourself. Just remember, everybody has a chapter they don’t read out loud.  Take a moment. Sit back.  Marvel at your life; at the mistakes that gave you wisdom, at the struggles that gave you strength.  Despite everything, look at you still moving forward! Be proud of this. Knowing that things will get better if you do. #BeProudO...

Morning Mantra: “Feel the fear and do it anyway.” The reality of fear: You are not scared of the dark- you’re scared of what’s in it. You are not scared of heights- you are afraid of falling. You’re not afraid to try- you are afraid of failing. You’re not afraid to love- you are afraid of rejection. You’re not afraid to let go- you’re afraid they are already gone. You’re not afraid to try again- y...

Morning Mantra: “In faith there is enough light for those that want to see a better future.” Don’t give up. The answers, blessings, solutions, and unexpected miracles are on their way.  The most challenging times are only preparing you to receive something bigger and greater.  You might not know how or when, but have faith in what’s possible, trust it going to benefit you. #BeTrusting #HorseHippie...

Morning Mantra: "I'd rather live my life in acceptance of it not being perfect, than live it pretending it is." No one has a perfect life.  Learning to accept that some things don’t get better is not giving up.  Maybe things don't get better, but you do. You get stronger.  You fix what you can, and you adapt to what you can’t. You learn to live with your situations as messy and...

Morning Mantra: “Be patient with yourself.” You don’t just overcome things overnight.  You don’t suddenly become OK.  You don’t mature or grow in a minute. The reality is, the process is slow, and messy, and even ugly at times.  It’s not linear, sometimes it seems to take you more steps back than you have taken forward. At times, it even seems as if you don’t understand yourself, you don’t know wh...

Morning Mantra: “Live to express not impress.” You were not put here on earth to please anyone. You must live life to express your authentic self, not to pretend to be someone you’re not. Never lose yourself in search of other people’s acceptance or love. They. Are. Not. Your. People. Your true tribe loves you for who you really are, despite your mistakes, faults, and fears.  Search for people tha...

Morning Mantra: "Life is a balance of holding on and letting go." We are often let down by the most trusted people, and loved by the most unexpected ones. Some make us cry for things we didn't do, while others ignore our faults and just see our smile. Some leave us when we need them the most, while others stay even when we ask them to leave. The world is a mixture of people, we just...

Morning Mantra: “If you don’t take the reins, it’s going to stay the same. Nothin’s gonna change if you don’t change it.” This quote by Dolly Parton perfectly describes how WE must help ourselves, take action, and do something to move ourselves in a better direction. I have known a few people that complain about their lives, jobs, relationship, fitness, health and so on, but they rarely DO anythin...

Morning Mantra: “Starting today, I will say goodbye to all the decisions that do not support self-care, self-value, and self-worth.” If you’ve been hard on yourself for decisions you’ve made it’s time to stop doing that.  You made the best decisions you could with the information you had, with where you were in your life.  Today start making decisions based on what is best for you. When you are fa...

Morning Mantra: “Don’t judge a situation you’ve never been in.” It’s really easy to be an armchair (or keyboard) critic. We THINK we know the situation and we judge it by what WE would do if we were in it. Stop that. You don’t know what it took for someone to get out of bed and face the day.  You don’t know what options they had when they made the decision that brought them to the place they are....

Morning Mantra: “Sometimes the most productive thing you can do is nothing.” For some reason we have forgotten how to relax. We don’t prioritize rest, pleasure and play.  We usually squeeze it in between all our responsibilities. We put conditions on it and say, “If I get this done, then I can relax.” Be someone that gives themselves unconditional permission to relax- without guilt, without apolog...

Morning Mantra: “Each day is a gift, not a given.” One day you begin to realize just how precious life really is.  How you need to cherish each moment, to live in the here and now. To see beauty all around you, and to embrace the pace of nature. You see that arguments are a waste of time. You begin to recognize your priorities. You understand that each moment you spend with your loved ones are the...

Morning Mantra: "Cry a river. Build a bridge. Then walk your butt right over it." In other words, feel the feels, then let it go.  I recently "lost" my Horse Hippie Instagram account- all the years of content, the 10k followers, the memories.  I was devastated and so confused because I had no idea why. I filed an appeal but I knew there was nothing I could do to change it.  So...

Morning Mantra: "It's you who decides how your day will go." If something or someone makes you angry, worried, or stressed, remember, it's you who is control of your emotions and actions. Don't give that control over to the circumstances and other people.  Decide you've had enough, then start where you left off before you became upset. You can start being positive and...