How would you describe yourself?
Do you have an openness to possibilities, to a strong belief in yourself…
Do you believe in the limitlessness of your experience as a human- or do you create limits for yourself.
There are so many people who have “disabilities” that move through their lives inspired, happy and doing what they want. Their “disabilities” don’t confine them or hold them back.
People looking on may be held back by what they perceive with their mind as “disabilities” these people are “suffering”.
I used to be a licensed riding instructor in West Tisbury, Ma at Misty Meadows Horse Farm. I ran the programs for children and adults in English and jumping… I also ran the handicapped riding program.
I remember one day two of the teens in a riding lesson were moody and in a snit. “I can’t” was their refrain.
They had set up an attitude in their mind and their behavior that said “I can’t” was who they were.
I asked all the students in the lesson to stay late and to watch the lesson of the handicapped riding program.
What my students discovered that day as they watched was that we create our limits.
The kids in the handy capped riding program had physical disabilities, metal disabilities… in a broad range and they were riding, walking, trotting, some cantering.
This was not some kind of “pony ride” they were riding, working their horses around the ring. Some needed more assistance from handlers because of physical disabilities.
But it was clear for my students that “I can’t” was not part of the mindset of the kids they watched that day in the “handicapped” riding program.
I was reminded of this experience as I read a news clip about a new statue of Helen Keller unveiled yesterday at the capitol building in Washington, DC.
The statue is a wonderful depiction of Helen Keller as a girl at the well hand pump.
Learning to connect with her environment and herself through touch. Despite her “disabilities” Helen Keller thrived in her life and was a pioneer for all of those with disabilities throughout the world.
Our mind can be our biggest enemy or our strongest ally.
Which is it for you?
How do you let your mind describe you and how you experience yourself in the human condition?
When you open to the belief of the limitlessness of your experience as a human you have taken the first step to connect with your strongest ally.
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