It's the Decade of the Unicorn

It is the Decade of the Unicorn. I should know, because last year during the Year of the Unicorn I wasn’t finished considering these mythical beings, so I extended the deadline. ( For a quick tutorial on how to find unicorns in your area visit  “Finding Unicorns“) You can do stuff like that when you’re a SEHI (Super Empowered Hopeful Individual). I imagine you’re one too, or could be after I point out a couple of your own Super Powers.

For starters, there’s your love of horses. This is no small thing. You’ve allowed very large independent thinkers into your personal partnership realm. You probably learned fairly early on that you weren’t going to force those thousand pounds into willing graceful athletes any more than you were going to snack on kryptonite in between meals. No, you’ve learned the art of the ask using your knowledge of equine body lingo — and if you’re good, you’ve probably developed some darn fine listening skills too.

So list collaboration in a foreign language and sensitivity to nuance under the heading My Super Powers. Now let me ask you, have you ever gone out to the barn or into the pasture and just soaked up that subtle equine energy? You know, maybe you just stood there and breathed in annd out slowly in time with the horse? Yes? No? What about — ever gone to the barn for ten minutes and an hour later wonder where the time went? That’s called Being in the Moment. As ever a noble Super Power there was. I mean to say, that. Is. Huge. Seriously! Big healthy cosmic stuff. Why? Because those times when we’re ‘in the moment’ are when our very souls are rejuvenated. Truly wholesome stuff. Very of the province of the mythic. Very unicorny. I know, corny. I heard it too.

But that’s what horses do for us. They let us be this perfectly of the moment versions of ourselves. They don’t just let us, they expect it. And being with them pretty much demands it.

Horses see through artifice. They know who’s faking it. They’re not always allowed to express that knowledge but they can’t suppress it either. And they invite us not to, too. They invite authenticity (hello, Super Power!). They invite letting go of the impedimenta of status that we often let stand in for power, and by their actions and reactions encourage us to replace those with these everlasting Super Powers.

Congratulations - you've attained a state of Grace!

That they let us on their backs and direct their movements is nothing short of a supreme demonstration of cooperation as any of us is ever likely to encounter at this stratum on this orb. When a horse acquiesces to this, you are witnessing or directly experiencing Grace.

Let that Grace inspire you to be your genuine Super Power version of yourself wherever you are. When a horse chooses you (comes running in from a far corner of the field, walks by your shoulder at liberty or allows you to ride her without a bridle) you have been truly honored. You, my friend, have ‘leveled up‘ in the game of horsemanship – you have been empowered for who you really are.

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