How I did it: Much to my surprise, last year I found myself hospitalized for three weeks for depression and suicide. While in the hospital, the patients have to write a list of positive things we want to do once we get out, and riding horses was #1 on my list. (I had ridden a lot as a child and as a teenager, even had my own horses, so this was something I wanted to get back into.) Astonishingly, within a week of my getting out of the hospital, I met a woman who had a horse and who invited me to ride. I only rode her horse a couple of times, but just going out to the stables where it was being boarded, being near the horses, and smelling the hay was very therapeutic.Would definitely like to do this more.
joie de vivre is mellow
I’m glad being with horses is so healing for you. I think it’s no coincidence that some appeared with a horse for you to ride when it was clearly something you needed.
My odd question for you – do you think you had a past life working with horses, such that now being around them is particularly helpful? Or do you think this questions is simply nuts?
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