Look Harder When Resources Seem Scarce

BRRRR. It is cold here at Hold Your Horses Farm. We horses can tell it is winter. Our coats have grown in, and we look furry (and, on a wet day, shaggy). Ice sometimes forms in our water trough, but my herd mate Shade usually breaks it before the humans have a chance to do it for us.

The pasture has mostly dried up and we now eat hay most of the time. The hay is our main food, but eating it also keeps us warm. We depend upon our humans to give us plenty because we have not yet figured out how to get into the barn to get it ourselves. (Believe me, we are working on it).

When resources seem scarce, like they are in winter, we have to make the most of them. We eat hay whenever it is available, and when we've eaten it all, we forage for leftover grass anywhere in the pasture. We check out the resources carefully.

Even though we eat hay in one place, we continue to graze and roam around our 7 acres, looking for anything we might be able to eat. I've discovered that if I put my head through the fence and lean forward, I can just reach morsels of green grass that are on the other side. Shade, who is a bit taller than the others, goes after leaves on the neighbor's bush. We've discovered that the grass in the ditch where the rain water comes out still is moist and tasty.

All the horses know that when grass is scarce, we need to make the most of it. We have to take care of our resources and use them wisely. Horses know this instinctually, I think, but humans don't seem to know this. When we have eaten all the hay, we go looking for morsels of grass. I've noticed that not all humans go looking when their resources seem scarce.

Sometimes humans talk about "not having enough." I know (being a mare of mature age) that when you focus on things being scarce, it can make you scared. The horses at Hold Your Horses Farm know that we can find the resources (usually food) we need as long as we are willing to look for them. Although things may seem scarce, they usually aren't as bad as you might think. But you have to be willing to look-and sometimes look pretty hard. Yes, it IS sometimes a challenge.

Looking for the resources is something horses do pretty well. I think humans would be a lot happier if they stopped worrying about resources being scarce and began looking for exactly what they need. When you do that, I think you will discover that there are plenty of resources out there. But you have to willing to be as determined and clever as horses are to find them. You have to keep grazing around, and sometimes stretch outside your territory until you find them. If you do that, I'll bet you will find the resources you need.

Good luck!

Neighs and Whinnies,

Ginger

P.S. If you need help finding the resources you need in your life, you can call my human, Linda Pucci. Her business is called the Inner Resource Center because she knows how to help people find the resources they need. Even when your resources seem scarce, she knows how to help you change your life to be happier and more successful. You can reach her at 865-983-7544 or by email at Linda@InnerResourceCenter.com or check out something called her "website" at http://www.InnerResourceCenter.com. (She is not so good at helping you find grass, though-that's MY specialty).

(c) 2010 Linda Pucci, Ph.D.