Thinking can blur your future

Hi everyone,

So I've only just started blogging so please excuse any errors.

A few years ago I read something, somewhere which never left my mind. Pretty much it read adults lose or forget what we enjoyed as children because of work, becoming parents and every day "stresses".

This really worked on my mind because I was feeling trapped and alone in this world just working and fighting debt and literally slogging to survive. My childhood enjoyment and achievements was horses and with my mindset on all the debt it seemed impossible to ever have that again.

One day (a few months ago), I was sitting at the Highveld Horsecare Unit and saw the most stunning horse. I ignored my desire to have anything to do with her but desire beat me. I decided to go and chat to her, but I was greeted with snarling teeth and her ears flat back, clearly not wanting anything to do with me. Naturally I walked away but something nagged and nagged so the next day I bought her carrots completely convinced that she'd fall for bribery. Huh!!! to my surprise she didn't want to know anything about a carrot and she didn't even look like she knew what a carrot was. So here I am giving up because I felt a familiar feeling called rejection 😢

Yay now I save money because this freaking donkey is a mess. A month later, without seeing her move or even getting onto her I adopted her with her fantastic attitude problem 😕

She wouldn't get into the horsebox, she kicked the stable wall messing up her hock (there's a pic)

The owner of the stables where Free (my horse) lives suggested Hydro Therapy. Wow I didn't even know there was such a thing for horses, especially where I live. Myself and Annie (the owner of the stables) had a good laugh because Free (the horse) didn't want to know anything about humans. Saying that I agreed to Hydro and I was sent a pic of her standing in her bath getting treatment.

What an amazing treatment and best of all it helped Free psychologically🤗. She still threatened us but she wasn't half as severe and frightening to deal with. I started working on the ground with her and then got onto her and to my surprise she was an absolute dream.

She has managed to hurt herself since but she has a chiropractor as well now.

I look back at my thoughts of never being able to own my own horse again and something somehow got me there. It's the best chance I took. The love, honesty and joy makes it all the worthwhile.

I'm now helping others develop a relationship with difficult horses and loving every minute of it.

My journey so far with Free has been unbelievable in the sense of her teaching me so much about myself and my limits are endless.

"IF YOU CAN THINK IT, YOU CAN DO IT!!!"