| As I learn about the Laws of Attraction and apply | | | | they had met was replaced by a junior college, and I |
| them in my life, I feel really good about what I am | | | | never found the club members again, not even to do |
| accomplishing, then it "levels out" into not so much of | | | | trail rides with. So our horse life took a new path, |
| a "high" and so I have to find something more | | | | and the "highs" became associated with taking my |
| refined and improved to do in order to feel "so good" | | | | little son riding, then teaching him to ride a horse, |
| again. Sometimes it requires setting a new goal, | | | | then training our foal, then being able to go riding |
| sometimes it happens naturally, as when we practice | | | | with my son, each of us on our own horse. |
| and get better at something, we FIND a higher plane | | | | Life takes on these new experiences. We can either |
| of accomplishment and it feels good. | | | | accept where it naturally leads in the course of our |
| My first experience I can remember, and I realize | | | | life, living un-consciously, or we can learn how to |
| now I was living this law un-consciously, was with | | | | write effective goal statements to make our other |
| showing horses as a teenager. At first I just entered | | | | dreams come true, and begin living consciously. Had I |
| the classes, and accepted my fate. I accepted this | | | | known about the Laws in those days, I might have |
| because going to shows was just fun for me, | | | | set goals, instead of letting my life "happen to me" |
| winning ribbons didn't mean that much to me. I'm not | | | | as much as it did up to this point. |
| "competitive" in that I don't have to WIN in order to | | | | But for me, the lessons begin here: Today is the first |
| feel good about what I'm doing. | | | | day of the rest of my life. My Rhythm is now in my |
| But, as time went on, I began to accumulate ribbons. | | | | hands. I set my goals, and watch, and dream, and |
| My first "First Place" was a "high" that only hit me the | | | | act as is appropriate, and they come true. My |
| day AFTER the show! Why? Well, maybe because | | | | primary goal right now is to teach the Law of |
| the show experience was still enough for me, and | | | | Attraction and mentor people through this process |
| the "First Place" was like a little dessert after a | | | | until they "get it." I search for the people who are |
| banquet of all my favorite foods! Travel, horses, | | | | willing to change their lives. I start teaching them to |
| sunshine, watching other people perform and learning | | | | change how they think about things, and support and |
| from them, were the main reasons I went to shows. | | | | encourage and guide them into their highest self, and |
| My very last show, my mare and I won a "Grand | | | | into their prosperity. This brings me a joy that I am |
| Champion!" A purple ribbon, and a trophy! It was our | | | | living, in a small way, now, and I know will bring me |
| last show, because my life changed drastically soon | | | | greater joy as I go along. |
| after that. My parents divorced, I moved to a town | | | | I hope to be able to help at least as many people as |
| a hundred and fifty miles away from the man who | | | | my mentor, Leslie Householder, has helped, and help |
| took me to shows and gave me all the horses to | | | | them as well as she has helped me. I want to see |
| ride. And then Flicka got Equine Encephalitis and nearly | | | | their minds open to the possibilities around them, that |
| died. Although my vet saved her she was too weak | | | | they had not seen before. In his book DUNE, Frank |
| to even show in the County Fair that fall, so we'd | | | | Herbert wrote something about what senses we lack |
| had our last horse show. | | | | that we do not see and hear a whole other world |
| I finished high school, married and started my family | | | | around us. Perhaps one sense is a sense of our own |
| after that, and never went back to horse showing. | | | | purpose. My purpose is to learn the Laws of |
| By the time I had moved back to that town, the | | | | Attraction, and then help others find their world. |
| riding club was gone, the arena and stables where | | | | |