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·
Alternative Horse Society -
webroom
A fascinating website providing a directory of professional, dedicated therapists, products, trainers and holistic methods of horse management.
www.alternativehorsesociety.co.uk
·
Art of Change
Absolutely
inspired and easy to absorb holistic publications and recordings by writer and
musician Barry Durdant-Hollamby, e.g. the “Learn to Meditate in 20 minutes”
CD, guided visualisation CDs (set to glorious music), ‘must have’ books
including “The Truth about Illness & Unhappiness”
·
Autofarm Purely Porsche –
Racing, Road and Investment
Porsche
car sales including investment road/racing models, restoration, modern/historic
race preparation/advice – renowned internationally for their unbiased guidance
since 1973. Serving individuals and
private or museum collectors
· Blue Moon Equine - Natural Horsemanship Equipment Supplies
Lots
of wonderful quality things for you and your horses...from halters to training
lines, Hackamores and more
·
Colin
Jones Web Design Service
A
designer who understands about 'holding hands' for those for whom webs are
'another language'! See his Testimonials and you'll get the idea on his
levels of service, from helping you start from scratch to managing your web once
it's 'live'.
·
Company (CD) Refs Stock
Selection/Sieving Software
The
‘must have’ stockmarket analysis software to sift the wheat from the chaff;
devised by the stock guru, Jim Slater
·
The
Full Circle Fund (Registered Charity)
A
charity progressing complementary therapies and 'quality of life' research and
good practice within the NHS, especially around illnesses such as cancer,
transplant and immune diseases.
·
Healing
Touch -
insights into personal and spiritual growth, healing and religion
If you are interested in Healing and/or personal and spiritual growth generally, then this site helps you connect with many key aspects relating to Oriental Healing Arts and Religion either directly through its content or via links.
·
Health
& Goodness Health Directory and Website
Information,
tips and advice for a healthier and happier lifestyle
·
The
Horse Exchange - FREE equestrian classifieds (UK/RoW)
FREE
adverts for horses and ponies For Sale, loan and hire, equine products and
services, wanteds. Free photos and hyperlinks
·
Horse
& Rider - Mobile Tack shops; one of the largest premises in the SW
Not only 2500 sq feet of premises in Launceston but a unique set of Mobile Tack shops covering the SW and South Wales EVERY week! So you never need to leave your premises as the van can come to you; and their prices are virtually unbeatable especially for Cortaflex & Equine America products.
·
Jean
Khoury
International
lecturer and coach and internationally published author on spiritual life and
meditation; commentator on
spiritual, political and global issues
·
Jim
Lawless - Confidence Builder, Motivational Speaker, Public Speaking Lecturer
One
of Europe’s most highly sought after motivational speakers and confidence coaches
offering bespoke one-2-one tuition or conceptualisation and delivery of
corporate programs for some of today’s largest organisations
·
Michael
Barnard Stockbrokers - Advisory and Execution Only
Michael
Barnard manages c£75m of funds yet he and his team fiercely protect their
reputation for focussing on providing exemplary customer service and the
‘personal touch’
·
Milestone
Hotel & Apartments
True
5 Star luxury opposite Kensington Palace and overlooking the gardens for those
that demand and cherish exemplary service and luxuries with discretion and
style; Award winning restaurant and sommelier. A member of Leading
Small Hotels of the World
·
Racehorse
Re-Homing (Chard) - Registered Charity Number 1111160
A
small but talented and dedicated team based in Somerset who are passionate about
giving abandoned ex racers a brighter future - if your horse had won £250,000
would you leave it to starve as one such prior owner had done? Donations
and caring, competent home sought; votes-for-cash required - see the "Your
Help" section & complete the Charity Box - it costs you nothing!
·
Simple
System Animal Foods
Tired
of skin and bad behaviour issues +++? I believe today's feeds are partly
responsible. Simple System Ltd has proved that by using a variety of fibre
sources in conjunction with oil-bearing seeds, we can feed our horses without
the use of cereals, supplements and molassed feeds. It's feeding horses as
closely as possible to the way nature intended...and the animals are their
proof!
.....and don't forget to mention my name ....it might offer benefits!
Thoughts
and observations
The
following are pieces I have found inspiring, irrespective of my ‘belief
system’. If you know a quote and
you think I’ll like it, please contact me so I can consider including it here
for others to share.
"My favourite image of the nature of life, is as the sea":
Waves can be peaceful, live for a time and die gently.
Or they can surge around and crash into each other with spectacular annihilations.
Sad for the waves, but what happens to the sea?
Nothing at all.
If you see yourself as a wave, as 99.9999% of people do,
then you are in trouble.
If you see yourself as the sea, then you realise that your actions as a wave are of zero consequence to the sea.
ZERO
consequence!
Ian
Kenneth Maclean
The
human race is governed by its imagination.
Napoleon
Highly
effective people take the time they need to sharpen their tools,
which
are, in fact, their bodies, souls, mind and hearts;
it’s
time for self-renewal.
Never
neglect the spiritual dimension; it
provides the energy for the rest of your life.
Stephen
R Covey in "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People", 1989
I'm beginning to realise that a person never 'gets there'. This is a journey with no destination. It's an unending process.
Everything that is important is 'as you go', not when you 'get there', because there is no 'there'!
You can't force a horse to trust us; trust must be earned.
But once trust is earned, all goals are so much easier to accomplish.
I'm not saying goals are bad, as they can give direction and purpose.
But the problems I see with being too goal-orientated, is that it's awfully easy to lose sight of the moment,
to
be so focused on the destination that you miss the journey.
Mark
Rashid, 'Horses Never Lie'
The
Living Tree
…There
in the middle of a clearing … was a living tree,
Its
limbs severed from it…
Regardless
of its misfortune, it stood tall and proud.
…
And I thought almost aloud “How sorrowful is this tree!”
And
yet the tree heard me … and in return it spoke saying…
“Pity
me not… for my appearance is but a Pruning and not a mutilation…
And
now I grow inwardly… and therefore outwardly.
From within I shall blossom with greater senses and greater understanding …
and
reach heights that were not unattainable before, not even with my longest and
most beautiful branch …
And
from without... I shall achieve greater fulfilment.
I
will see the sun when there appears to be but cloud…
And
taste the rain in times of drought.
“Oh!”
said I, hesitantly, “I would have not thought that.”
“Thought!”
echoed the living Tree.
“Thought…
is the creator of all things, for without thought there is nothing…
Even
evolution is a thought process…
Improving
on previous thoughts and previous dreams…
And
dreams are but thoughts in the mist.
Frank
Moralee
Trust
in dreams for in them is hidden the gates to eternity.
Kahlil
Gibran
Twenty
years from now
you
will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do
than
by the ones you did do.
Mark
Twain
Healing
may not be so much about getting better,
as
about letting go of everything that isn't you -
all
of the expectations, all of the beliefs –
and
becoming who you are.
Rachel
Naomi Remen
The
larger the island of knowledge,
the
longer the shoreline of wonder.
Ralph
W Sockman
Guard
well your spare moments – they are like uncut diamonds;
discard
them and their value will never be known;
improve
them and they will become the brightest gems in a useful life.
Unknown
God
provides the wind,
but
man must raise the sails.
Saint
Augustine
It
is the province of knowledge to speak and
it
is the privilege of wisdom to listen.
Oliver
Wendell Holmes
A
jug fills drop by drop.
The
Buddha
Understanding:
I
asked God to take away my pain:
God
said No. It is not for me to take
away, but for you to give it up.
I
asked God to make handicapped children whole:
God
said No. They’re Spirit is whole,
their body is only temporary.
I
asked God to grant me patience:
God
said No. Patience is a by-product
of tribulations, it is not granted, it is earned.
I
asked God to give me happiness:
God
said No. I give you blessings;
happiness is up to you.
I
asked God to spare me pain:
God
said No. Suffering draws you apart
from the worldly cares and brings you closer to me.
I
asked God to make my spirit grow:
God
said No. You must grow on your own,
but I shall prune you to make you grow.
I
asked for all things that I might enjoy life:
God
said No. I shall give you life so
that you may enjoy things.
I
asked God to help me to love others as much as he loves me.
God
said ‘AHHHHHhhhhhh’ Finally you
have the idea!
A
prayer
It
is not because things are difficult that we do not dare;
it
is because we do not dare that they are difficult.
Seneca,
as quoted in “Dare to Dream” by yachtsman Pete Goss
My
interest is in the future,
because
I am going to spend the rest of my life there
Charles
Kettering
If
you want to heal the body, you must first heal the mind.
Plato
(427-347 B.C.)
Listening:
When
I ask you to listen to me
and
you start giving me advice,
You
have not done what I asked.
When
I ask you to listen to me
and
you begin to tell me why I shouldn’t feel that way,
you
are trampling over my feelings.
When
I ask you to listen to me
and
you have to do something to solve my problem
you
have failed me, strange as it may seem.
Listen!
All I asked was that you listen!
Not
talk or do – just hear me.
I
can do for myself;
I
am not helpless – maybe discouraged and
faltering
– but not helpless.
For
when you accept as a simple fact that I do feel what I feel
no
matter how irrational,
then
I can quit trying to convince you
and
begin to get about this business of understanding
what
is behind this irrational feeling.
When
that is clear, the answers are obvious and I
don’t
need advice.
Irrational
feelings make sense when we understand
what’s
behind them.
Perhaps
that is why contemplation works,
sometimes
for some people – because quietening the mind brings peace,
a
peace that does not give advice or try to fix things.
It
just listens and lets you work it out for yourself.
So
please, listen and just hear me.
And
if you want to talk, wait a minute for your turn,
and
I will listen.
Maybe
if we both sit and listen to each other,
we
shall be able to solve even greater problems than our own.
Anon
If
you’re going through hell….keep going.
Winston
Churchill
You
don’t have to see the whole staircase;
just
take the first step.
Martin
Luther King
Making
things happen:
Until
one is committed,
there
is hesitancy,
the
chance to draw back,
always
ineffectiveness.
Concerning
all acts of initiative (and creation),
there
is one element of truth,
the
ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans;
the
moment one commits oneself, then providence moves all.
All
sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred.
A
whole stream of events issues from the decision,
raising
in one’s favour all manner of unseen incidents and meetings and material
assistance,
which
no man would have dreamed could have come his way.
Whatever
you can do or dream you can,
begin
it.
Boldness
has genius, power and magic.
Begin
it now.
Goethe
Nothing
is particularly hard,
if
you divide it into small jobs.
Henry
Ford
Motivation
is what gets you started;
habit
is what keeps you going.
Jim
Ryun
He
said to me:
I've
heard your prayer
I’ve
seen the tears you’ve shed
The
sorrow and the heartache
But,
there’s a better world ahead.
*
My
Cross was heavy too you know
I
fell beneath its weight
No
helping hand outstretched to me
Just
jeers and screams of hate
*
E’en
when I hung upon the Cross
The
sky turned black as jade,
I
even thought my Father
Had
forgotten the promises he’d made.
*
The
Clouds dispersed; and all was
peace,
The
sun in glory shone,
Then
through the calm I heard His voice
Well
done, my child, well done.
*
The
burden may seem heavy
As
we tread life’s lonely road,
Forgetting
there is someone
Who
wants to share our load.
*
Take
my hand, our Saviour says
You
need not walk alone,
Fear
not, have faith, hold on to me
I’ll
see you safely home.
*
The
time will come, we know not when
He’ll
draw us close and explain to us
Why
these things had to be
from
Holy Cross, Uckfield, 1995
Obstacles
are what you see when you take your mind off the goal.
Peter
Blake, Yachtsman
We
have tamed the beasts and schooled the lightening;
but
we have still to tame ourselves.
H.
G. Wells
Good
words are worth much and cost little.
George
Herbert
The
best and most beautiful things in the world
cannot
be seen or even touched.
They
must be felt with the heart.
Helen
Keller
If
the only prayer you say in your whole life is “Thank You”,
that
would suffice.
Johannes
Meister Eckhart
Be
yourself….everyone else is already taken!
Oscar
Wilde
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