Horse Hippie’s Morning Mantras

Morning Mantra: "What you cling to holds you back." It is enough that you are alive and able to experience this beautiful day. It is enough that you can choose to live with joy and thankfulness in your heart. Much of life’s anguish comes from the empty pursuit of more, more and more. And from clinging to the past. Or trying to force the future. The way to truly grow is to let go of your...

Morning Mantra: "Check yourself before you wreck yourself." Each day we are born again.  It is another opportunity to check in with yourself and make sure your motives and intentions are in alignment with your gifts, purpose and best self. Ask yourself each day: Am I performing this action to simply please other people? Am I honoring myself while I serve others? Am I contributing positiv...

Morning Mantra: " A scar simply means you were stronger than what ever tried to hurt you."  Your scars tell a story. Don't hide them.  Wear them proudly.   Show the recovery.  Show the strength.  Show the healing.  Show the grit. Do not be ashamed of the wars your body and soul fought to save itself. #BeProudIfYourScars  #BeHappy #BeHorsey #BeHippie #HorseHippie #MorningMantra #Insp...

Morning Mantra: "Be stubborn about your goals but flexible about your methods." After trying for a while and making little or no headway, we’re tempted to give up. Rather than give up, why not look at a lack of progress as a reason to adjust the approach?  If one way is not working, there are probably a hundred, or a thousand other approaches that you haven’t attempted yet. Just because...

Morning Mantra: "I choose to write my own headlines today."  The media only reports the sensational headlines.  Then we are left to process all the negative associated with Covid, protests, wars, bombs, brutality, greed, and tragedy in every word. It's overwhelming.  It's easy to feel worried, stressed, and afraid that the world as we know it, has changed forever.  What if we d...

Morning Mantra: "I am available to abundance." Manifestation is a powerful tool for creating the life that we want.  The only obstacle we come up against is ourselves.  We think we know what we want, but end up projecting what we think we deserve.   In order for our dreams to germinate into reality, we have to have already scattered the seeds through our thoughts and beliefs.  We have to...

Morning Mantra: "When you have a really bad day, try and treat the world better than it treated you."  This. Is. Hard.   We tend to want to wallow in the unfairness.  We gravitate towards self-pity when things are really rough. Even if that feels like what you want to do, try not to.  It will only amplify the feelings.  It will increase the pain.  You might get stuck there. Anger and bla...

Morning Mantra: "Don't base your decisions on the advice of people that don't have to deal with the result." Your choice. Your consequences.  A life full of problems and a life full of joy are both the result of the same basic principle -- that the quality of your life is determined by your choices.  The things you do today will determine your life tomorrow- so make them YOUR c...

Morning Mantra: "Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds that you plant." Life is best when it is filled with giving. We are, each of us, unique, with our own contribution to make. At the same time, we are part of a greater whole. Giving is what keeps us connected. You have a gift.  You were blessed with it.  It might be your smile, it might be your brains, it...

Morning Mantra: "The more of me I be, the clearer I can see." Whoever you are, however you are, own it. Whatever you do, engage in it fully. Live every moment with authenticity born of gratitude, wonder, kindness, love.  If you don’t know something, admit it, and learn. Don't fake who you are by pretending. What you do know for sure, make good use of it by embracing it, sharing it,...

Morning Mantra: "Don't listen to respond, listen to understand."  Listening is one of the best ways to learn. When you’re doing all the talking, you are learning nothing.  Just pretending to listen, when you’re actually trying to think of what you can say next, is not enough. You must really listen, with the goal of understanding. And there is another wonderful benefit to listening,...

Morning Mantra: "Always focus on how far you've come instead of how far you have to go."  There is a big difference between going slow and stopping completely. Even if you’re making just a little bit of progress, that’s better than being at a standstill or falling behind. Always checking for the finish line can be defeating when you are making smaller steps than you want to, so look...

Morning Mantra: "You control your fear, or your fear controls you."  The next time you feel anxiety, frustration, anger or despair, ask yourself -- what are you so afraid of? Negative reactions are almost always based on fear. Avoiding your fears takes effort, why not use that energy to confront them? Facing your fears, is the first step toward getting past them. Fear is just lack of und...

Morning Mantra: "I see you as you are."  Many people find themselves in circumstances that they wouldn't have chosen.  Most of us are feeling and behaving in ways we had never before due to loss, anxiety and stress. There is never a better time to really "see" each other.  Not the surface things, but the deeper, soul of another. It is especially important during these time...

Morning Mantra: "Love is our first, middle, and last name."  We are love.   Love is God's gift to us. Love is our gift to the world.   Love is the light that shines from our heart. Love is the light that guides the way. Love is forgiveness. Love is acceptance. Love is compassion. Love is what frees us from pain and suffering. Love is the answer to everything. Love is why we are here...

Morning Mantra: "If your dream doesn't motivate you, it's not big enough." Are you having trouble getting motivated to move toward your dream? Then make your dream bigger, more meaningful and more compelling. Go ahead and make your dream so beautifully big that you cannot avoid being pushed forward by it.  Dreams are not just for the young and ambitious. The more of life you ha...

Morning Mantra: "Your imagination should be used not to escape life, but to create it."  Imagination is the language of the soul. Imagination is the place where all the important answers live. To live the life you want, you must first imagine it. Then you must be open to what you see, lose any judgement,and get creative on how you can make it happen. It's up to you how you use your...

Morning Mantra: "Surrender to what is, let go of what was, have faith in what will be."  Why are you clinging to the idea of control, or to your anger for things that have long since passed, or to your need to worry about every detail? Letting go of control does not mean giving up, nor does it mean abandoning the effort to bring good things into your life. What it means is freeing yourse...

Morning Mantra: "Leave everyone better than you found them." Everyone is going through a hard time right now, some worse than others.  Some can handle it better than others, but no one is exempt from this crisis.  Some are affected physically, some mentally, some spiritually, some financially, others socially. Since we rarely know how badly someone might need some extra kindness from som...

Morning Mantra: "I’m not into halfway effort, part time love or unavailable people.” Know your worth. Know the difference between what you're getting and what you deserve. We basically teach people how to treat us by what we tolerate, so either you wake up to your value or they do. If they don’t it’s time to let go. Everything becomes very simple when you decide not to settle for less th...

Morning Mantra: "What we see reflected in others depends on the clarity of the window through which we look."  Whatever you see when you evaluate other people, is a projection of what is inside of you.  In order to recognize something in others, you must first have it within yourself. More often than not, what we dislike in others are the very things we do not like in ourselves. Trying t...

Morning Mantra: "Happiness is the way, not the destination." Nothing will make you happy until you decide to be happy. Happiness is not found when your situation is perfect. Happiness is a powerful and positive way to deal with any situation, whatever it may be. How can you be happy when the world seems to be crashing down around you? Even though you may not be happy about what’s going o...

Morning Mantra: "The only way out is through."  We all would like the pandemic to end.  People are suffering, physically, emotionally, financially.   Often, the things we want in life, lie on the other side of hardship. We must pass through times of difficulty and extreme effort in order to reach it. It may be difficult to see during rough times, but there is always a light at the end of...

Morning Mantra: "Learn the difference between your intuition guiding you and your trauma misleading you."  Not everything demands an immediate response.  Give yourself some space between what happens and what you choose to do and think about it.  In that space, let go and listen.  Listen without judgement, but  with compassion. Listen for your inner voice, and listen to your intuition to...

Morning Mantra: "90% of success in life is just showing up." We are so used to instant gratification in this society that we sometimes forget that the only true way to reach your dreams is through good old fashion work.   It doesn’t hurt to be smart, resourceful, or well connected, yet what matters most to any achievement is simply showing up and doing the work. Great big wonderful thing...