When I am working well with a horse, I am perfectly at peace. When we are thinking and acting as one, it’s a magical moment. And sometimes just going out to the paddock on a moonlit night and leaning against one horse while anothed is sniffing the back of my neck is a very healing experience.

Some people get that connection, and some don’t. For some people that joy comes from skiing down a mountain or taking the perfect picture.

For me, the path to enlightenment is trod with four hooves.

The question you asked me is getting dangerously close to discussing religion. That topic and politics are two that I choose not to discuss on this blog.

Thanx,

jay

Thanks for posting my husbands response. I read it and it made my day. I’m a school social worker and horses really do make you a more thoughtful person and they are so forgiving when we err.

Dr.Linda Koch (Coke)

May I ask a question? You mentioned feeling the most spiritual when you are making a connection with your horse. Who or what made the horse and why does that spiritual connection have value?

I agree with what you say here, but I want to expand on it.

You are right to say that there is a physical connection with the horse, but what I want to share with the world is that there also the social, psychological, and especially spiritual connection with a horse as well. I feel the most spiritual when I am making a connection with my horse.

That is why horses are perfect tools for teaching relationships with other humans. The same types of connections are made, but because he is a horse and you are a human, you are forced to think about those connections differently. And, then, you think about your human relationships differently.