Empty Saddlebags

I just wanted to share a quick little story with you. It is not really about a horse, but it is about a donkey.
One morning a rancher went to the barn to feed all his animals but when he was almost done, he realized he could not find one of his most favorite pets, his little mini-donkey. He search the entire farm and had almost given up when he remember the old well out back. Sure enough his little pet had fallen in.

The rancher tried all morning to figure out how to get him out, but all attempts had failed. His little friend was just too stuck. The rancher did not want the little guy to suffer, so he started to fill in the hole. He shoveled the entire afternoon and well into the late moon lit hours of the night. The hole was deep. Just about the time, he thought he should be almost completely done, he saw his little buddy. Each time the rancher tossed in another shovel full of dirt, the little guy would shake it off and step up. The rancher quickly started shoving faster and within a few minutes, his buddy had reached the top and jumped out.

I know what you area saying about now, "no way", well you are correct however, it is a life lesson that I have to keep close at all times lately.

I don't know about you, but for me, during these trying economic times, I too have had to learn the "shake if off and step on up" dance, even when it seemed to beyond practical, even when others around me were telling me to give up.

Here is what I have stood my Cowgirl boots upon every step of the way.

"Cowgirls who aim to achieve great things, defeat long odds, ride great horses, become legends, didn't have anything I do not have. They just kept showing up, expecting a miracle, long after everyone else got practical. "

I just keep reminding myself, to shake all the dirt, manure, and crap off my old "AS.... kickin' as it gets boots" and Cowgirl-up. I find it extremely easy to remember what I have lost then to look at all my blessing and remember exactly which trail I want to lope down next to make sure I reach my dreams.

I was recently told that it is the "choosing" that is easy, it is the standing still, the "not choosing that is the hardest part of anyone's life. When I find myself standing still, forgetting exactly who I am, and not finding a way to move forward, my life becomes even more difficult. Worse yet is that hope for any change lacks any kind of passion. It turns into more of a state of wishful thinking, and unfortunately, wishful thinking will never have the power to change anyone's world.

Join me, today, saddle-up and chose your own trail to ride , the one that will take you to your life's passion. The one that you have dreamed of for so long. Start by emptying your saddle bags of all the crap that you have carried for so long, mount up and ride, girl ride. Today, choose to leave all the crap behind, shake if all off and step-up.

Right now: be the WHINNY of your own life and bring out the true Cowgirl in you: the passionate one that knows her own heart and will do whatever it take to reach her dream. This is easy, remember the two-step: shake, and step, shake and step, no matter how much crap life dumps on you.

Change your life and "BECOME" the Whinny! Greet the world like your horse greets you, as if there is no tomorrow.

Now, let me hear it, WHINNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNY!!

When all else fails, turn on some music and "shake-step ::: shake- step ::: shake-step.