The Fruit of a Clear Intention

Dear Paper Girlfriend,

What seemed like a heart-thumping situation, and yes, my heart was thumping, turned out for the best and also taught me the positive impact of talking to my animals.

The situation:  I was moving all 6 horses, Bosco the sheep, Callie-dog, Callie-cat, and Sabrina cat, to a new home 2 hours away.  I had it all figured out, I thought.  Three horses in my trailer, small animals in my truck with me,  and three horses and sheep in the trailer of a friend of a friend who graciously offered to haul my horses for free.  People do this kind of thing!  Out of the goodness of their hearts!  This person and I are not even “friends” on Facebook!

I had horses loaded in my trailer when the second trailer arrived.  By golly, I was going to be on time.  In my mind, I would get the other 4-leggeds loaded in 10 minutes and we would be on our way.  It did not happen that way.  The first horse loaded without a problem, but the second one would not.  We tried a few things, but after a half an hour, I did not want to use up the time of this kind person who was helping me.  I left two horses and the sheep and arranged for someone to feed them.

After a week or so, I found a hauler for hire to ship the last 2 horses and the sheep.  I was anxious that the one horse might be difficult to load again, and also the sheep, since I have  been the only one to walk her into a trailer.  The night before they were to be trailered, I took each one of them, one at a time, into my mind’s eye and spoke to them.  I did it with clear intention, not that flighty mental feeling like a mom yelling to their kid as they walk out the front door to school “Did you brush your teeth?”.  I took each of their heads between my hands, my face to their faces, and told them what was going to happen the next day from start to finish, and that ultimately they were going to arrive at a new home and the rest of their herd would be there.  When I got to the one horse who would not load, I “heard”  “I'm sorry.”  This surprised me.  When I am surprised by what I “hear” in my head, I never doubt that the source of the message is from outside of me, and not my own thoughts.  I assured her it was all for the best.  And, it was.  There are other details to this story I am leaving out for the sake of brevity. I also did Reiki on each animal for balance and to relax them.

The hauler later told me when he arrived to pick up the crew, the sheep ran around the trailer frantically.  He thought to himself, he was going to be there a long time trying to get her to load.  The first horse entered the trailer with no problem.  The horse who would not load previously, went in after testing the floor a couple of times by pawing it with her hoof.  After the two horses were loaded, the sheep walked up a ramp to her compartment at the front of the trailer, without any encouragement. Bosco the sheep has never walked up a ramp into anything!  

In this instance, I am glad I had the wherewithal to chat with my animals. Sometimes I am so wrapped up in my mind that I don’t take the time to simply slow down, set intentions, ask for spiritual help, or to listen to my intuition.  For example, recently when a coyote and I stared at each other from less than 100 feet away….A story for a future Dear Paper Girlfriend.