Horse Hippie’s Morning Mantras

Morning Mantra: "The more we allow ourselves to unfold, the less likely we are to unravel." The art of unfolding allows us to become who we have always known ourselves to be; our authentic, soul-infused self, long suppressed under years of outward conditioning.  The more you view life as a journey of spiritual rebirth, as a walk home to yourself, rather than something to simply endure, t...

Morning Mantra: "Someone will always be prettier.  Someone will always be smarter.  Someone will always be younger. But they will never be you." Why is it so hard to love ourselves Just. As. We. Are? What if we just decide to? What if we recognize that the same God that made butterflies, sunsets, flowers, and horses, made us? What if we decide that it doesn't matter if we are perfec...

Morning Mantra: "See with your heart." Today is the Day of Love, or Valentine's Day.  What if we decide to look at everyone and everything through the lens of love? Everyone has heard or read the following passage, but how many of us can say we REALLY live it? Love is patient and kind. It does not envy or boast. It is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way. It is no...

Morning Mantra: "How people treat you is their karma. How you react is yours.” Don't take things personally. When someone treats you badly or talks about you behind your back, don't take it personally.  It's says nothing about you but a whole lot about them.  #BeElevated #BeHappy #BeHorsey #BeHippie #HorseHippie #MorningMantra #InspirationalQuotes

Morning Mantra: "If outside validation is your soul's only form of nourishment, you will always be hungry." Far too many people seek validation from external sources, be it family, friends, social media, their boss.  The problem with this is that if it is not received, or maybe not given in the way you want, it chips away at your self-esteem. Be your own validation. Set your own sta...

Morning Mantra: "We cannot selectively numb emotions. When we numb the painful emotions, we also numb the positive emotions." It doesn't have to be either happy or sad, happy or fear, happy or grief, happy or regret. These are not separate from each other.  They can both exist in you at the same time.   The not-so-great emotions need to be experienced, not ignored.  They need to be...

Morning Mantra: "Happy people don’t always HAVE the best of everything, they just MAKE the best of everything.”   I have always loved this Native American saying.  When I heard it I realized that the sooner you accept the fact that there will always be issues, problems, and set backs in your life, then adjust your attitude, the sooner you will find peace.   Things turn out best for people who...

Morning Mantra: "Getting lost is not a waste of time."  When you feel overwhelmed with life and the pressure, get lost. Lose the need to be perfect. Lose the frantic pace. Lose the confusion. Lose the need to be seen as a good mother, daughter, sister, friend, worker. Lose yourself in nature. Adopt its pace, smell the wild air, listen to its chorus, and let the silence in your mind take...

Morning Mantra: "Appreciation is the highest form of prayer, for it acknowledges the presence of good wherever you shine the light of your thankful thoughts." There’s a way you can instantly make anything you have better. All you have to do is more fully appreciate it. Appreciation is a powerful tool to shift perspectives.  The more you appreciate your special skills, the more useful the...

Morning Mantra: "Happiness is achieved when you stop waiting for it and make the most of the moment you are in right now." How many times have you thought, I'll be happy when..... I get a new job. I meet someone to love. I lose 20 pounds. I move. When things are less stressful. And so on.... Why wait? Think of all the happiness you are missing out on because you have convinced yours...

Morning Mantra: "You can spend your whole life trying to avoid people who push your buttons. Or you can get to a place where you don't have any buttons to be pushed." But before we get to that place, we first need to acknowledge that we still have work to do and that those people (rude clerks, incompetent waiters, aggressive drivers, inconsiderate neighbors) are our greatest teacher...

Morning Mantra: "Don't judge people for the choices they make when you don't know the options they had to choose from." We could all stand to be less judgey.  When we see someone in a particular situation or circumstance, we automatically think about what would have happened for us to be in that place. We forget that everyone is different.  Their options are different than ours...

Morning Mantra: "Promote what you love instead of bashing what you hate." There’s nothing positive to be gained by complaining about what is wrong with your life or the world. Use your energy sharing things that are right, beautiful and good. Instead of complaining about whatever is bothering you, simply acknowledge it and then get busy doing something to improve the situation.  It'...

Morning Mantra: "If you get tired, learn to rest, not to quit." Quitting is the easier thing to do.  Seeing something through, reaching a goal, staying the course is much harder. If you are going to quit anything, quit procrastinating,  quit making excuses, quit waiting for everything to be perfect, and quit quitting. It's Okay to WANT to quit, just don't do it.  Rest instead....

Morning mantra: "There are two kinds of people in this world; Givers and Takers.  The Takers might eat better, but the Givers sleep better." Each day we get a new opportunity to be the face of God. To be the face of love. Will you be a Giver or a Taker today? Givers advance the world, Takers advance themselves at the expense of others. Givers are relationship oriented, Takers are agenda...

Morning Mantra: "There's a lot more room in your heart for love when you take out the baggage from the past." Everyone has baggage from past relationships.  If you bring this into the present it will clutter your emotions. This baggage gets in the way and keeps us from getting close to others. Then we are left with the task of finding someone to carry it; either our baggage or our l...

Morning Mantra: "What do you plan to do with your one wild, and precious life?" When you woke up this morning you opened your eyes to something more precious than anything money can buy -- your life.  Stop for a moment and remind yourself how lucky you are to be living in a world filled with unlimited possibilities. Consider how  blessed you are to be able to think, to experience, to lea...

Morning Mantra: "Giving to others is the greatest gift you can give to yourself." There sure is a lot of need in the world right now.  It can be overwhelming.  It may make you think that there is nothing you can do. You don't have to have a lot to help and support others. The best gift you can give to the world is yourself.  Your time.  Your attention.  Your companionship. Your pati...

Morning Mantra: "Even the smallest light cuts a path through the deepest darkness." Each day life presents us with a variety of challenges. Every one of those challenges is an opportunity to confirm and intensify truth and goodness. Within each act of genuine goodness are fertile seeds of even greater goodness.  It's up to us to plant those seeds, to spread the light. Every day choo...

Morning Mantra: "If you never ask, the answer is always 'No'." Did you know that 65% of the time you ask for something you get it?  That's a pretty good statistic.  So why are we so hesitant to ask for even a simple thing like a better seat, for the restaurant to prepare your food the way you want it, or for a refund? If we find it hard to ask for something simple, how can...

Morning Mantra: "Just Breathe.  It's just a bad day, not a bad life." Yesterday I had kidney stone surgery.  To say the last few weeks have been uncomfortable is an understatement.  Each day (including this morning)  I have gotten up and asked for strength to get through, Just. This. Day. It was too overwhelming to think about the weeks leading up to surgery, and now, the week of re...

Morning Mantra: "You make the world a better place by being in it." Here's to all the people who get back up more times than they are knocked down. Who still show love to others even when their own heart is broken. Who smile through the sad times. Who light the way. Who spread laughter. The peacemakers. The joy makers. Thank you for making the world a better place. >> Tag some...

Morning Mantra: "When you can clearly see yourself being there, you can see more clearly how to get there." You don't know for sure what will happen in the next hour, the next day, the next week or year. Yet you can imagine, and when you do, it pays to imagine the very best version. No, your imagination by itself will not make it happen. But the more you imagine your best possible s...

Morning Mantra: "Nothing ever really goes away until it teaches us what we need to know."  Life has a funny way of teaching us. It creates sadness so we know happiness. It creates chaos so we appreciate peace. It creates loss so we treasure what we have. It teaches us lessons we didn't even know we needed to learn. #BeAGoodStudent #BeHappy #BeHorsey #BeHippie #MorningMantra #Inspira...

Morning Mantra: "You weren't born just to pay bills and die." Live. Live with passion. Live with purpose. Find your joy then live it. Discover who you were meant to be. Don't live with fear about your life's ending, worry more about it never beginning. Don't merely survive- THRIVE! #BePassionateAboutYourLife  #BeHappy #BeHorsey #BeHippie #JorseHippie #MorningMantra #I...