Just The Thing You Do...
Nothing dramatic like winning a race -- or the lottery -- but maybe even more important!
Start by taking a look at the everyday occurrences that make life on this particular planet unique.
And so I began to wonder about the effect that the constant bombardment of electronic frequencies from radios, TVs, iPods, etc., have on a body. And the effects of running around to jobs and meetings, etc.
And I got to thinking about whether it would feel any differently if we were able to go back in time. Imagine living in the Old West back in the 1800s. How would it feel? What would the sounds be? How would it smell? (OK -stay away from certain areas because of the lack of modern sanitation!)
Although I don’t want to give them up, could there be an essence of life that we are losing by using so many new devices?
Or can we revive this life force in the present time by simply touching a plant or animal and connecting with it in some way. Can we train ourselves to feel the "energy" coming from an animal as he stands beside us? Or capture that feeling of peace you get while listening to horses munching their grain in the evening -- a contentment that seems to rise along with the heat from their furry bodies on a cool night.
Mark Allen, Zumbrota, MN is a Life Coach, counselor and horse trainer who asked me some probing questions about relationships with horses that led me to wonder about these concepts.
It seems like the peace and contentment rising from interacting with horses can somehow create an energy flow or effervescence that can even affect other parts of the world -- like smoke rising from a campfire and dispersing into the starlit sky.
And I wonder that whenever you have felt a personal moment of contentment or happiness... could it be that this essence has gone into the environment or atmosphere or whatever and the peace created has affected others that you never even knew.
Just because it was "the thing you do".
Nothing dramatic like winning a race -- or the lottery -- but maybe even more important!
Start by taking a look at the everyday occurrences that make life on this particular planet unique.
And so I began to wonder about the effect that the constant bombardment of electronic frequencies from radios, TVs, iPods, etc., have on a body. And the effects of running around to jobs and meetings, etc.
And I got to thinking about whether it would feel any differently if we were able to go back in time. Imagine living in the Old West back in the 1800s. How would it feel? What would the sounds be? How would it smell? (OK -stay away from certain areas because of the lack of modern sanitation!)
Although I don’t want to give them up, could there be an essence of life that we are losing by using so many new devices?
Or can we revive this life force in the present time by simply touching a plant or animal and connecting with it in some way. Can we train ourselves to feel the "energy" coming from an animal as he stands beside us? Or capture that feeling of peace you get while listening to horses munching their grain in the evening -- a contentment that seems to rise along with the heat from their furry bodies on a cool night.
Mark Allen, Zumbrota, MN is a Life Coach, counselor and horse trainer who asked me some probing questions about relationships with horses that led me to wonder about these concepts.
It seems like the peace and contentment rising from interacting with horses can somehow create an energy flow or effervescence that can even affect other parts of the world -- like smoke rising from a campfire and dispersing into the starlit sky.
And I wonder that whenever you have felt a personal moment of contentment or happiness... could it be that this essence has gone into the environment or atmosphere or whatever and the peace created has affected others that you never even knew.
Just because it was "the thing you do".
