May 29, 2007 I decided to go for a nice hike yesterday morning. The path was steep and rocky while winding through thick vegetation. I sometimes had to stop to catch my breath. A number of trees had fallen down and blocked the path. I either had to climb over, crawl underneath or take a small detour to continue my journey. The closer I came to the top, the more open the vegetation became. I saw patches of grass with the occasional yellow flower and then….. I arrived at the top of the mountain and saw fields covered in yellow and purple flowers. What a magnificent sight. Suddenly I understood that this hike was metaphor of our lives. We follow our path and sometimes it is rocky and steep with lots of obstacles. But if we continue, the reward is an abundance of joy and freedom. The reward is absolutely Magnificent!!  Sitting on this mountain top, I overlook the valley of

Story, a little town on the foot of the Bighorn Mountains in

Wyoming. The slopes are covered in an abundance of bright flowers; yellow, purple and white and the sight of this is just breathtaking.

While taking this in, I feel the energy of abundance all around me. I see thousands yellow heads facing to the sky. I can see miles and miles overlooking the green hills and I hear an orchestra of birds. In this precious moment there is absolutely no lack, only abundance!  

After this inspiring moment, I drove to Bighorn and visited Susan at the Guide Shack for a little while. I told her that I was on my way to Anne Pendergast and she said; that was the woman that Sandee felt you should meet. I guess this was confirmation again that if we need to meet someone, it will happen.   Anne and I both felt the need to spend some time together. Anne was tired when I arrived and felt she needed to just lie on the couch. I asked her if there was anything I could do for her; maybe give her some healing? She took some time to rest and while she did this, I realized that most of the time we really don’t need to do anything, just holding the space and being there is enough. It is like two tuning forks. When one starts to vibrate, the other will automatically start to vibrate the exact same tone. It was a wonderful realization for me to understand that I really don’t need to do anything. I have always been a doer, find it hard to sit still and do nothing, absolutely nothing. Yes, I can read a book and sit still but just to sit is very difficult for me. While she was lying there, I saw this young child that really wanted to be hold and loved. I realized that I also saw a reflection of myself. Everyone is always a reflection of us. Could it be that if we heal that part in us that we see that needs to be healed in others, that automatically that part in the other will be healed too? Like the tuning forks? So I decided to give my inner child some love and nurturing while Anne was taking a rest. After a while Anne opened her eyes and she said that she felt much better. It was just beautiful to be in each others company and share some insights. Anne needed to bring in the horses. She has three and one of them is this beautiful Hanoverian horse. He is 18 hands and has great charisma. When he walked, we saw that he was tight in the hind quarters. We decided to give him love and tenderness as his rider, Anne’s daughter Sally had left that morning to go to live in

Santa Fe and won’t be able to ride him anymore. Anne needs to decide if she wants to sell her horse. I could feel sadness around Avadon.Animals are so sensitive and they also reflect our own emotions. Was he reflection Anne’s sadness, was this his own or maybe both? Here is a beautiful horse that can bring so much joy to someone. At this moment he feels a bit lost, his future is uncertain. He has wonderful pastures to graze in; two other horses as his companion but is this the kind of life that would make him happy. Like most of us, he needs to feel needed; he needs to have a purpose in his life. So probably he would be better of being with someone who has the time to ride him, to nurture and care for him, to love him.Anne thanked me for being there, for just holding the space for both of them to process what they needed to process. Again, I am reminded that just being there, can sometimes be enough. When we walk back to the house Anne finds an angler of a young deer. She was all excited and gave it to me. Then she turned her head and found the other angler of the pair. She was so excited. You should have seen the joy on her face when she told me that it is very rare to find a pair of anglers. This was a huge gift. Now I understood why she felt so much joy and I could now share it with her. We each kept one and this will be a reminder of another special encounter.