Horse Hippie’s Morning Mantras

Morning Mantra: "Sometimes it takes losing who you think you are, to find who you really are." Bad chapters can still create great stories. Wrong paths can still lead to right places. Failed dreams can still create success. Finding yourself means overcoming obstacles and discovering something new about yourself.  So don't quit when the going gets tough or the direction changes. Keep...

Morning Mantra: "The journey of life is learning to love yourself and extending that love to everything." Learn to love life just because it is, and each day will be a filled with  contentment.  Learn to love making a difference, and you will find opportunities wherever you go.  Learn to love giving freely of yourself, and you’ll receive more fulfillment than you ever could imagine. Lear...

Morning Mantra: "In the waves of change we find our true direction." Change slams into your life whether you want it to or not. Some changes frighten you, some inconvenience you, some frustrate and annoy you. Though the changes may seem to threaten all you know, including your very identity, that’s really not the case. Even while storms of change rage on the outside, you can remain stron...

Morning Mantra: "Never lose yourself to avoid losing someone else.” Trying to change yourself so that someone will love you is never going to work.  One of the bravest things to be is yourself. Warts and all.   Growth is becoming aware of how you can be your best self and working towards that on your own terms, not because you are afraid others won’t love you. Always remember, YOU are perfect...

Morning Mantra: "Stop stopping yourself."  You've got it.....  What it takes. Regardless of what others say.  Regardless of what your inner critic says. Learn to tune it out.  Learn to change the narrative. We are all born beautiful, free, loving and innocent.  It's the conditioning of our parents, culture, the media and others that make us believe we are not perfect.  Not capa...

Morning Mantra: "Judging a person does not define who they are, it defines who you are."  Have you ever wondered why it is so easy to judge others? Why we feel we have the right to criticize?  I believe it is because so many people are afraid to be themselves.  They have set up some criteria that they have to meet to be acceptable, and some parts of themselves don't match up, so the...

Morning Mantra: "Don't let later become never." When you put things off you add another layer of negative emotion to the situation.  Instead of just feeling the need and want, you now feel the regret. Look at the reasons behind your procrastination. If fear is stopping you, then face it.  Realize that if you want something you've never had, you must do things you've never...

Morning Mantra: "Not everything that is faced can be changed; but nothing can be changed until it is faced."   There isn't a life that doesn't have problems.  That cannot be our goal, facing and solving problems is how we grow.  The goal is to have the strength and courage to respond to them.  To face them with confidence, curiosity and faith. What you deny you delay.  What you...

Morning Mantra: "You cannot heal what you do not acknowledge."  Hurt does not just go away on its own; it needs to be spoken and heard. There are too many people who instead of feeling hurt, are acting out their hurt; instead of acknowledging pain are inflicting pain on others. Acknowledging pain and hurt is not a sign of weakness, it's a sign of strength.   Denying bad feelings int...

Morning Mantra: "Stay away from people that make you feel hard to love." There comes a point in some relationships when you stop looking for the light at the end of the tunnel.  You're just sick of the tunnel.   You stop believing that they will change.   That they will care enough some day.   You get sick of feeling unlovable. But remember, some people reject you simply because you...

Morning Mantra: "Learn to keep your soul problem free and no problem will ever be a problem for you." How many new and exciting things would you try if you knew for sure that there would be no problems?  Yet, in almost everything worthwhile you try there will be problems.  Accept this fact and recognize that you also have what it takes to work through those problems without being overwhe...

Morning Mantra: "Be loved for who you really are, not who you pretend to be."  The life you want, will not come from following someone else’s dream, or someone else’s idea of the best place for you to live, or someone else’s idea of the best job for you. True love won't come from being the person you think they want.  Only when you are truly yourself will you find out who really car...

Morning Mantra: "Joy is a decision about how you are going to respond to life."  Choose joy.  Find joy in everything you do- every job, every relationship, every home. The joy we feel has little to do with the circumstances of our life, and everything to do with the focus of our life. Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are. It's you...

Morning Mantra: "If you ever doubt how far you can go, look how far you've come." You’ve always made it through the challenges. You will again. You’ve always found a way to move forward. And you’ll find your way forward again. Through all of life’s ups and downs, you’ve managed to keep going. You’ve earned the strength and the wisdom to persist, no matter what may come. You know thr...

Morning Mantra: "Friends are the family you get to pick."  A good friend represents a part of us that wasn't recognized until they came into our lives.  They wake up a bond that can only be had with them.  Sometimes they know us better than we know ourselves.  They get you. With gentle honesty they are there to guide and support us. They share our laughter, and our tears. Their pres...

Morning Mantra: "It is what it is.  All you can control is how you react to it." What screws us up most is the picture in our heads of how it's supposed to be.  But you cannot control every little thing.  Stuff happens that are not part of your plan.   Accept it for what it is instead of stressing over what it isn't.  Then get busy figuring out how to react to this change in a...

Morning Mantra: "Don't get upset with the mirror, fix the reflection."  Everything in your life is a result of chance and choice.   If you want a different result, make different choices. Choose to be responsible for your life and stop the blame game. Choose to be open to new ideas. Choose to be willing to do the hard work. Choose hope over fear, love over hate. Choose people who ch...

Morning Mantra: "Leave who you were. Love who you are. Look forward to who you will become."  Your past is no longer happening, you are safe.  What you have is this moment going forward so embrace your life. Ask yourself why you are living in the past?  Especially if it's a painful one.   Your present moment is all you have. Use it to cultivate freedom from judgement, freedom from p...

Morning Mantra: "I am going to succeed because I'm stubborn enough to think I can." If you don't believe in yourself why should anyone else?  You are your biggest influence so dig deep and find that determination, that strength, that unwavering faith. It's there- buried under all the self-doubt, negative programming, and feelings of unworthiness. The fear of failure keeps...

Morning Mantra: "Today I will challenge myself."  Every day it's a good idea to do something difficult.  You never touch your true potential until you challenge yourself to go beyond your self-imposed limitations.   Challenge and adversity are meant to help you know who you are. To discover the grit, the drive, the knowing-you-can-do-it. Your life is worth a lot more than you think...

Morning Mantra: "Life is a classroom.  Never stop learning because life never stops teaching."  We are all teachers and students of life.   To be a good student we must be teachable and keep an open mind.  We must be humble and recognize each opportunity to learn as growth.  We must put into practice what we learn.  To be a great teacher, be a shining example. Do precisely that which you...

Morning Mantra: "Celebrate your growth everyday."  Every experience, whether positive or negative, gives you the chance for positive growth. Every situation, every encounter, every victory and every defeat provides you with a way to grow more capable, kind, and caring. With each thought you can grow wiser, more insightful. As you grow, you can take the best of who you already are, and ex...

Morning Mantra: "Forgiveness is to set a prisoner free and to discover the prisoner was you."    Have you ever noticed that when we have a physical wound we immediately try to heal ourselves to stop the pain and to prevent the wound from getting worse? Yet when we have an emotional wound we let it fester? Sometimes it festers for a lifetime. Sometimes it gets so bad it makes us forget al...

Morning Mantra: "A small change in your attitude can make a big change in your world."  So how is your attitude today?  If it's anything but positive, ask yourself what possible reason could you have for maintaining a negative attitude?  You can change your attitude at any time.  You don’t really need any money, time, or other resource.  You don’t need anyone else’s permission.  You...

Morning Mantra: "You can lean on me"   Even the strongest person needs to know that they have someone that will be there for them.  Somebody to just be there. Not to fix anything or to try and figure it out. Just to let us feel supported and loved. It’s OK to need others, remember, God works through people. ➡️ Tag your “someone” #BeThatSomeone #BeHappy #BeHorsey #BeHippie #HorseHippie #M...