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The farrier came yesterday, and I used my treat bag to make the experience a bit more pleasant. The senior mare (my heart horse) was all about the treats and it was so good to see her asking for more. Likewise, the other horses were very interested in treats, and everyone took time to savor the bounty of the moment.
How often do you make time for and then savor treats?
Internet memes tell us “you deserve good things”, and it’s true, we all do. And yet, when those good things happen we tend to try to rush through them. We need to get back to work, get back to doing something “productive”, and that’s if we make time for treats (good things) at all. Sometimes making time for the treats is the most difficult part of enjoying them.
I think that’s why the ritual of morning coffee is so important to so many people, myself included. If you don’t use an automatic timer on your coffee machine, then you pause, take time to prepare, fill, and start the coffee maker. Then, when the cup (or carafe) fills and you finally get to that full mug, you’ll add whatever creamers or flavorings you want. Then there’s that first sip. Ahh. Even though you know what to expect. I mean most of us make the same or similar coffees every morning, and a lot of us have our favorite brands, there’s still the moment the aroma fills your nostrils and the taste hits your tongue. The experience can be the thing that makes it worth while to get out of bed in the morning. I mean sure there are others reasons, but also, there’s coffee.
The horses aren’t in the position to go seek out their treats. They have to wait for the treats to come to them. In the wild horses might find an especially good patch of grass or a favorite browse, and that might happen in the pasture, too. What that reminds us is that we need to be on the look out for any particular good things that come our way and savor them.
Too often we feel that we shouldn’t experience good things, that maybe we’re grieving or there are stories that we internalized from others that tell us we don’t get good things. And yet, that is exactly the time when we most likely need them the most.
I encourage you both this weekend and into next week to find out times when you need to make time for treats. And if you’re grieving or wondering whether you should be enjoying good things, I encourage you to reach out. Let’s talk about grief coaching.
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