Horse Hippie’s Morning Mantras

Morning Mantra: "Don't cry before you try." You've heard them, or maybe it was you that said "I can't do it!" before you even tried.  The only real requirement in life is to try. If you try your best and fail, well at least you tried your best.  Most people quit before they really try.  Things get hard, they decide they can't do it, so they stop trying. Life...

Morning Mantra: "I believe in the power of yet." The power of Yet is undeniable.  Instead of telling yourself you can't do something, you'll never understand something, you'll always be overweight, you're never going to learn something.... Go for a walk, take a deep breath, then come back and add the word Yet. I can't do this- Yet. I don’t understand-Yet. I’m not...

Morning Mantra: "Choose your thoughts wisely, they are a conversation with the Universe."  Did you know that nothing can destroy iron, but it's own rust? Likewise, no one can destroy you, but your own mindset can.  Thoughts lead to feelings, feelings lead to actions, actions lead to reactions. In other words, it all begins in your head. Control your mindset (thoughts), control the o...

Morning Mantra: "How people treat you is their karma. How you react is yours.” 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.  Why is it we want to automatically think something is done because of who we are instead of who THEY are?  You are not the one judging and being mean.   S...

Morning Mantra: "In the long run, the sharpest weapon of all is a kind and gentle spirit." This quote by Anne Frank is very appropriate right now with all the chaos and fear being created in our world.  It can make you feel hopeless, scared and angry.   Remember- energy is everything.  It spreads outward from everyone that is feeling so it's important to spread kindness, calm, coura...

Morning Mantra: "When everything feels too big, go little." You can't really outrun feeling overwhelmed. All you can do is slow down, take smaller bites of the world, smaller steps in the journey and make tinier to-do lists. When you slow down, most of the stress will pass you by.  When you rest you can recharge, breathe deeper, reset your nervous system. If you have too much to do...

Morning Mantra: "Nature is the purest portal to inner peace." Before Horse Hippie I had a shop called Back to Nature.  It was a place that honored the role of nature in my life.  It was a reflection of my love for the earth, a love instilled in me by my mother.  My mother taught me to see the beauty but also all of the ways nature is such a healer.  Just think about all she offers to us:...

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: “Life goes on.”  Three little words that are the foundation of acceptance.  Acceptance doesn't mean resignation. It means understanding that something is what it is and that there is a way though it. People change, things go wrong, but always remember, life goes on. You’ve got to take the good with the bad, the happy and the sad. That's life. You can appreciate what you h...

Morning Mantra: "You can learn from those who agree with you, but many times you can learn even more from those with whom you disagree."  Your own perspective is important, it enables you to make sense of the world. Always keep in mind, though, that yours is not the only view.  Every human on earth has their own unique perspective of the world we share. If everyone you knew held the exac...

Morning Mantra: "Decide what kind of life you want, then say No to anything that isn't that." You know what you want. You know how you want to live, who you want to be, how your life should feel. If it's unclear or cloudy find your passion- then follow it. Build a life around it. Decide what you want. Then, every moment, every decision and every choice you make from here on out...

Morning Mantra: "The world is full of promise, hope, and beauty, you just have to notice it."  It's there, all around you- the promise of a better world, day, and life. It's there in the new buds each spring. It's there in the colors at dawn of a new day.  It's there to keep you going. It's there to remind you that you can get through anything. It's there, a...

Morning Mantra: "Respond with grace, even when others don't."  We have a tendency to want others to be the finished product while we want the grace to evolve.  Grace is recognizing that we all stumble, we all are a work in progress.   Grace extends forgiveness, patience and understanding to others because we know how much we needed it at times. Grace is loving more and judging less....

Morning Mantra: "If you want to right a wrong, you must first accept that you were wrong."  Why do we hold onto being right over being kind?  Over being loving? Over being compassionate? Letting go of your attachment to being right is difficult, but it opens the door to learning, to understanding, to growing as a person. Admitting that you were wrong is hard but mistakes are forgivable i...

Morning Mantra: "Nothing ever really goes away until it teaches us what we need to know."   Life has a funny way of teaching us if you are a willing student.  Many times we push back trying to change the outcome, we don't want to go through what we must to receive the lesson. But life creates sadness so we know happiness. It creates chaos so we appreciate peace. It creates loss so w...

Morning Mantra: “On this New Year’s Day, you can make resolutions to be better.   But don’t forget how amazing you ALREADY are." On the first of the year you might make commitments to improve, even to to become a whole new you! But it's super important to take a moment to acknowledge all that you already are. If you only focus on how far you have to go and what needs to change, you’ll fo...

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. Life is pretty simple actually.   We over analyze relationships. We think helping others must be reciprocal so we make it transactional.  Or we worry what we can offer isn't enough. Take your thoughts out of it.  Keep it simple...

Morning Mantra: "Don’t wait for happiness and joy to come to you. Let them come from you."  You have the privilege of being alive and the ability to move beyond any past disappointment, or current stress so don’t wait for the circumstances to be perfect to feel joy. Circumstances come and go. Let your joy transcend them and transform them.  Fill your heart with joy and you’ll be amazed a...

Morning Mantra: "Patience is not the ability to wait, but the ability to keep a good attitude while waiting."  Most people think that patience is passive waiting, but it's not. Patience is an active acceptance of the process needed to reach your goals and dreams. Patience recognizes that things can happen in a different way and different timeline than the one you had planned. Patien...

Morning Mantra: “You were given this life because you are strong enough to live it.” Life is tough. But so are you.  We have all had days when we have thought we weren't strong enough to get through it.  But to keep going when everyone would understand if you quit, that is when your strength is discovered. We have all asked ourselves, "Why am I going through this?"  Because it'...

Morning Mantra: “As you live deeper in the heart, the mirror of self-reflection gets clearer.” Loving yourself starts with liking yourself, which starts with respecting yourself, which starts with thinking of yourself in positive ways. It also includes being concerned about your character more than your reputation. Your character is who you are, your reputation is what others think of you.  Don’t...

Morning Mantra: "Where there is darkness, let there be light."  When a flashlight grows dim or doesn't shine, do you throw it away or change the batteries?  You change the batteries. When a person messes up or finds themselves in a dark place, should you cast them aside?  Of course not. You help them change their batteries. Some need AA- Attention and Affection. Some need AAA- Atten...

Morning Mantra: "Peace on Earth will come to stay when we live with the spirit of kindness everyday." This year, I’m choosing peace over pressure.  I’m choosing to breathe instead of rush.  I’m choosing to show up, with what I can do, not what I think I’m supposed to do.  I'm choosing to love my neighbor over judgement. I'm choosing compassion over criticism.  I'm choosing...

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. Especially at the holidays. It may make you think that there is nothing you can do. Like you have nothing to offer. You don't have to have a lot to help and support others. The best gift you can give to the world is yourself. ...

Morning Mantra: "Let go of the need to manage people's perception of you." It seems everyone has an opinion about everyone and everything these days. And yes, people have the right to their opinion, but you also have the right to ignore it.  Besides, just because they have an opinion doesn't make their opinion right.  Remember that they aren't you.  They have no REAL idea...