There is no other thing on the whole Earth that
I can compare with the experience that galloping with a horse can give me. Whoever
said that 'while galloping we borrow freedom from a horse' could not be
more right. The most beautiful, joyful and precious moments in my life are
these I was gifted by a horse when galloping with him across endless space of
breathtaking trails. Pure joy, an absolute fusion with the present
moment and a complete connection with a wild nature of a horse. There is
something very mystical in it for me. It is like touching something intangible, profoundly pure and flawless. It is like touching and for a moment being one with
a horse wild spirit. It is like pure BEING.
How can I make this feeling last forever? I
asked myself once. Why shouldn't I feel like this in my daily life too? Simply being happy.
A way too long I lived my life with a misleading
belief that happiness was a risky business. Any joyful and pleasant experience always
had to be somehow earned or worked off with pain, misery and suffering. As if
being happy was a sin that would consequently bring guilty feelings and punishment. Who would even
dare to think about being happy in a world like this? Having tried to avoid pain I
kept postponing all the good things that I would dream about and strive for
otherwise. Until I met them.
Horses taught me that an authentic life requires
courage to face the pain on the way to reach happiness. 'Pain is inevitable.
Suffering is optional' says an old saying. Problems will come to our lives anyway, good things we have to invite. Saving happiness for tomorrow is an
easiest short-cut for greatest regrets and sorrow. Pain is inevitable, suffering
is not necessary.
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| Komorze, Fot. Gosia Letki |
