Finding Our Freedom

Hello everyone, A lot has been going on and that has led me to do a lot of thinking. Let me first tell you what all this thinking is about, let me tell you my dream.
It has always been my biggest dream and hope to have a horse rescue center. But not just any horse rescue center I want a place where children from broken and abusive homes can come and feel safe, loved, and blissful. I want to be able to pair the abused horses who are physically and emotionally starved with the children and watch as they heal each other. What I want is for the children to be able to help in the horse's rehabilitation by helping to show them love for the first time. In this process I believe they will heal each other. THIS has always been my dream. But being only 14 and having only one horse of my own on land that isn't mine, to me, sometimes the dream seems a little far away. 'How would I know what the process that these kids are going through is like for them? How would I know if they would actually benefit from the process? How would I know what they feel?' Those are some of the questions I ask myself, my short life has had a few bumps in the road, but nothing compared to what others have to endure. It was just the other day when I was pondering some of these things when I realized: yes, some people do have things harder than others but we all have some wounds in our heart that need healing. I need healing too. I realized that the best way to find answers is to find them ourselves, so I am going to start my own journey and begin a journal that I would like to share with all of you. So I know that you join me as we all try to find our freedom.
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Horse Hero of the Month: Monty Roberts

I first just want to say how excited I am to writing

about this amazing man. Mr. Roberts has changed the face of horse training, his revolutionary ideas have been formed over years and years of watching and "listening" to horses. Monty first learned to listen to wild horses while observing wild mustangs at the age of thirteen. He was sent there to round up wild horses for the Salinas Rodeo Association's Wild Horse Race, he spent hours silently watching the feral horses interact with each other. Soon he realized that they used a discernible, effective, and predictable language to communicate. In a moment the would change his life and the lives of horse people around the world, Roberts understood that utilizing this silent language would allow training to commence in a much more effective and humane manner, encouraging true partnership between horses and humans. Later he would name this moment of partnership "Join-Up".

I, myself have used his methods on my own horses and can testify that they work! I've been a fan of him for a few years now and I am so honored to be able to mention his name on this blog.

Thank you Monty Roberts for what you have done and for what you continue to do in "Making the world a better place for horses".

Some information for this post came from www.montyroberts.com.