I think we are doing an injustice to ourselves by holding back the tears.
I don’t know who ever came up with the idea that we shouldn’t cry, but I bet he wasn’t someone who was in tune with himself, or his heart.
I have some really smart friends, and one of them in particular is very in tune with horses and energy.
I have a story to tell you about Ben the horse. He had some self esteem and image issues that mom had been helping him with, and she lent him to a young lady and it gave Ben the chance to perform in the world.
He was brilliant. He was a shining star. And when the spotlight was on him (it was literally on him) he was glowing. It was nothing short of spectacular.
When I looked at the picture, tears sprung to my eyes.
The same thing happened when I showed the picture to mom.
The same thing happened when I showed the picture to my friend.
I asked my friend why she thought this picture made us cry and she said “his energy is soooooo big. It fills the arena! You can’t help but cry”.
That taught me something about energy, and tears, and connection.
There is a power within all of us that is magnificent. It is in you, and it is in me, and it is in our horse Ben.
And as we come into that power, or see someone come into their power, it resonates so strongly with us. Its big, and glorious, and being witness to it is magical.
And when your heart is open to really connect to it, it can’t help but fill you with belief that we are all meant for greatness.
If you stifle those tears, you are blocking the connection to that greatness inside of you and to the power that lives in you.
Ben is back at the ranch, doing what every horse does. You wouldn’t know the change he has gone through if you didn’t know his story.
But he knows.
And we know.
And the young lady that rode him – well she became a rodeo queen that day…
When you are in the presence of greatness, and when the energy is strong, and when your soul is on fire… there is nothing else on earth like it.
Please share those moments with me. Because I will NEVER get enough of watching someone step into their magnificence.