I arrived home this afternoon from work and a function feeling drained and tired. A little headachy, nauseous and ready to pamper myself. But before I could do that I needed to muck out some stables, fill up the dog and cats water bowl, pick some lettuce for the pig and give the horses some hay. Before I knew it, I was embroiled in another feeling altogether. It is the first real spring summer day we have had in a while, and being outside surrounded by affectionate horses, bounding loving dogs and a pig looking for a kiss on the snout, I began to feel alive. I suddenly noticed birds chirping louder than I have in a long time (when I was feeling low and miserable I had not heard them). To top it all, the first yellow billed kite of the season swooped over our home. Now I sit typing out my joy, with a kitten purring at my feet and a daschund curled up next to me. And we wonder why animals are therapeutic. Attitude shift.
Success is not giving a hoot. If you can be a 45 year old cat woman playing in front of 3000 people, totally uninhibited, then you are succeeding. Because if you are able to do that, you are in the present moment, not caring about what anybody else thinks. Not worried about their judgements or how you think you should be coming across. (ok, so I was a little worried, so not 100% successful, but I continue to strive to be free of this nonsence) When you have that presence of mind in front of animals, that is when you are succeeding.
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