I've Never Felt More Free.

This post was going to be about something different but I have to write about what just happened and I have never felt more free, so the name was fitting.
I just got back from ridding my horse Glory (who lives at the stable right next door), and I think it was the most amazing ride ever. I usually ride bareback unless I absolutely have to ride in a saddle, so tonight was no exception. I was feeling a little stressed out, so even though I had already ridden today and it was getting late, I just had to ride. Glory met me by the fence, took her bit like a angel, and stood perfectly still for me to jump on from the log (I'm a little too short or she's a little too tall, I haven't decided). The sun had just set, which set the hills on fire with a pinkish glow. It was so beautiful. An overwhelming peace came over me as I dropped the reins and let my girl take me where she pleased. Now Glory and I are barrel racers (among other things), so she has plenty of go and usually wants to gallop up the pasture, so I took a little piece of mane just in case. But tonight was different, it was like she could feel the peace on the inside of me and we were connecting on a different level. I decided to take her over and take off her bridle, now I of all people know she is not a "voice activated" horse, and we are working on leg cues but I'm the one doing the working. So I know to some people this wasn't a wise thing to do, but I trusted her with all my heart. So there we were walking around in the quiet stillness of dusk, the only eyes upon us equine. I felt like I could speak to her, like I could tell her about the things tucked deep in the corners of my soul, but she already knew them. I asked her to stop and she did so immediately, and like I said she does not know voice commands. We just sat there with the moon rising above us enjoying each other's fellowship. I made a tiny braid in her mane and then was still to listen to the symphony that the crickets had been saving for that special moment. It was then that I have never felt more free. I realized how late it must be getting so I gave her a little nudge with my leg and asked her to take me back to my things by the fence, and do you know that she did a complete 360 and headed back to where I had left her bridle and my brushes! She stopped as soon as we reached our destination and allowed me to slide off her back. She patiently waited for her treat, all I had tonight was a small chick-o-stick. A small price to pay for what she had just given me, the freedom in a language all our own.


Ps. Hope you like the pic of me and Glory:o)