Horse Hippie’s Morning Mantras

Morning Mantra: "You do not have to find yourself, you just need to remember who you are." Finding yourself is not really how it works.  Your true self is not lost, it's right there, buried... under cultural conditioning,  under other people's opinions,  under other people's needs, and under inaccurate conclusions you've made about yourself. Finding yourself is actual...

Morning Mantra: "In order to have faith in his own path, he does not need to prove that someone else's path is wrong.” {Paulo Coelho}  Tolerance.  Such a simple concept but so difficult at times.   Tolerance is not indifference.  Tolerance is about how your beliefs lead you to treat people who disagree with you, people who are different than you.   Tolerance can open the door for learnin...

Morning Mantra: "Some days I am a goddess, some days I am a wild child, and some days, I am a fragile mess. Most days I am all three, but every day I am here, trying." All you can do is try.  With all of your gifts, with all of your heart, with all of your grit. Some days, things will be awesome.  Others days, things will be awful.  But every day you have is another day to grow, learn, h...

Morning Mantra: "You only have so much emotional energy each day, don't fight battles that don't matter."  Things are very tense and emotional right now. People are arguing over things just to release their anxiety. Try another route. Let. It. Go. Reduce your stress with a nice walk, a trail ride, a run, some yoga, meditation, prayer, or playing with your kids and animals. If n...

Morning Mantra: "Inner peace is being confident that you'll be okay no matter what life throws at you." Acceptance is the answer to all our problems today. If we are disturbed it is because we find some fact of our life unacceptable to us. We can find no peace until we accept the situation to be exactly as it is in this moment.   We need to not obsess over what is happening in the w...

Morning Mantra: "Pain is a cry for change." Although we may be distracted with the election outcome, the pandemic is still raging on.  When we are faced with a situation that seems unbearable, we are offered a choice on how to see it. What we see as a crisis, can also be seen as an opportunity for growth, for change. Instead of searching for who to blame, ask yourself "What can we l...

Morning Mantra: "Anxiety is failure in advance." No one knows for certain what will happen in the future.  When you start to feel anxious come back to the present.  It is all we really have anyway.  And right NOW you are OK. Right NOW you can breathe. Right NOW you are safe. Right NOW you are in control. Here is an affirmation I say when I feel anxious.  I hope it helps... "I am not...

Morning Mantra: "In a gentle way, you can shake the world."  Today is the day, we as Americans, get to vote.  This is our personal way to shake the world.   We do not need magic to change the world, we carry all the power we need inside ourselves; we have the power to imagine better. We have the power to improve ourselves, for we cannot hope to build a better world without improving the...

Morning Mantra: "The greatest amount of wasted time is the time not getting started. " It's always the first step that's so important because it means you're not willing to stay where you are anymore. Tip toe if you must, but just get started. Go ahead and take the first step, and the next and the next, until you have done what you set out to do.  Don't let the noise...

Morning Mantra: "You don't end up with a meaningful life, you create one."  Life is not something that HAS meaning, it's something we GIVE meaning to. Pay attention to what inspires you.  It is the Universe trying to communicate with you, that's why it's called inspiration- "in-spirit." Listen to it, believe it, act on it. Don't worry if you haven'...

Morning Mantra: "Positive intentions have the power to heal." The power of love within you has the power to serve you and others far beyond your physical self.   Your positive thoughts bring light to you, your family, your friends and the world. You have the power to be part of the solution.  You can show up with grace and gratitude and spread love and positivity through your thoughts, y...

Morning Mantra: "We know what we want, but end up attracting what we think we deserve." This is why self-love and appreciation is so important.  No matter what you think you should receive in life, if you don't think you deserve it, you will never get it, or you will lose it once you do. We are all born perfect and without self condemnation.  We are conditioned by our parents, our s...

Morning Mantra: "In a world full of chaos, be soft rain."  There are therapeutic benefits to a nice long rain.  Not just for the Earth, but for us as well. It is a steady presence that nourishes, calms and replenishes. Studies have found that when rain sounds enter a person’s brain, the brain unconsciously relaxes and produces alpha waves, which are very close to the state of the brain w...

Morning Mantra: "If you avoid conflict to keep the peace, you've started a war with yourself." As hard as it is, you must speak your truth.  As difficult as confrontation is, you must not swallow your feelings to avoid it. Avoiding conflict IS conflict. The trick is to learn HOW to say your truth.  How to confront without causing a defensive reaction. Healthy adults talk about their...

Morning Mantra: "Don't promise when you are happy, don't reply when you are angry, and don't decide when you are sad." Emotions are tricky.  The word emotion means energy in motion.  This energy (emotion) can be fleeting, so when we make decisions based on them, we can end up wishing we hadn't. Emotional intelligence is the ability to be aware of how your emotions dri...

Morning Mantra: "Strive for progress not perfection."  It's not about being perfect, it's about effort. When you bring that effort every single day, that's when transformation happens. Is it uncomfortable to take action? Sure it is, but in order to accomplish anything, you must step outside your comfort zone.  You must risk failure and being less than perfect. Achieving a...

Morning Mantra: "If you stumble, make it part of the dance." A mistake that makes you humble is as valuable as an achievement.  It teaches you to laugh at yourself.  To be real and to show you're human. That's why I've started leaving the bloopers in my videos.  People seem to relate to them, and to me. So, don't worry about it because the greatest mistake you could e...

Morning Mantra: "Forgiveness is another name for freedom." Remaining offended by the words or actions of another can be as painful as the wound itself. If someone hurts you, if someone wrongs you, do you really want to perpetuate and multiply that damage? Is it really in your best interest to give your time, energy and attention to keeping the pain alive?  Forgiveness does not mean that...

Morning Mantra: "The meaning of life is to find your gift, the purpose of life is to give it away."  We each have a special gift from God.  Whether it's cooking, painting, crafting, teaching, writing, dancing, or whatever sets your soul on fire. If you feel something calling you, please don't worry if you are good enough.  Just do it.  Then give it away.   Use it to make others...

Morning Mantra: "Just because it isn't happening right now, doesn't mean it never will."  Sometimes it can be difficult to trust the timing of your life.  You work so hard towards a goal, it's easy to get impatient. You KNOW what you want from life so let's hurry things up here! Unfortunately,  it doesn't work that way.  But it will all make sense one day.  You c...

Morning Mantra: "Don't let someone dim your light simply because it's shining in their eyes."   Do your thing. Do it unapologetically. You probably already know what they are going to say or think about it. You don't have to keep room in your life for people who try to bring you down. Some people will not like you simply because your strength reminds them of their weakness...

Morning Mantra: "You are not a drop in the ocean, you are the entire ocean in a drop." What we call 'society' is the sum total of human thinking and feeling.  When we change them, we change society. All of human emotion is rooted in either fear or love.  God gave us free will so we can choose our thoughts and the resulting actions.   Fear is reflected in hurt, anger, meanness,...

Morning Mantra: "Overthinking is the art of creating problems that weren't even there."  Think, visualize, analyze and imagine. Then get to work, and put those great things you’ve been thinking about into action.   If your thinking distracts you from doing, you're overthinking.  You are letting anxiety run the show.  Switch to knowing. Knowing you can handle whatever it is you...

Morning Mantra: "Let's make kindness the new cool."  Too often we underestimate the power of a touch,  a smile,  a kind word, a listening ear, a sincere compliment, or the smallest act of caring. All of which have the potential to turn a life around, or at the very least, change someone's day. #BeKind #BeHappy #BeHorsey #BeHippie #HorseHippie #MorningMantra #InspirationalQuotes

Morning Mantra: "Solutions don't come from pushing, they come from pausing." Sometimes when we worry too much we actually prevent ourselves from solving the problem.  Instead of spending the day obsessively thinking, then all night awake thinking some more, try spending some time in quiet reflection. Find a place where you won't be interrupted.  Then focus on your breath.  If y...