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This is the Feathermane Soul Blogcast for June
13th, 2026.
Horse Wisdom.
Horses teach us forgiveness.
The fly mask sat on the table next
to the door in my office, ready to
go out for one of the older mares
who I noticed was having a lot of
trouble with flies around her eyes.
It's been a crazy week with a cat
emergency, which luckily turned out to be not
that bad, a few appointments, and trying to
juggle various things.
This afternoon I took the lead rope, just
in case I needed to keep her close.
Some treats and the fly mask out, and
within five minutes she had it on.
Though I'm sure she wondered just what the
heck I was doing to her, though she
is one of the few horses that can
keep on a fly mask, she got plenty
of treats and now had her fly mask
and all was well.
Senior heart mare who was eating her lunch
looked for treats, found none, and went back
to eating.
Likewise, her daughter, who was always available for
treats, stuck out her nose, then went back
to waiting for her mom.
No one seemed upset that I hadn't brought
treats for them.
I'll bring some when I open the gates
here in about half an hour.
And no one held a grudge.
Treats today?
Nope, not today.
Okay, maybe tomorrow.
If only we could forgive so easily.
For many of the neurodivergent community, we also
live with rejection-sensitive dysphoria, RSD, where not
only do we feel the sting of rejection
of being left out of the treat dispensing,
as it were, more accurately than others, but
also we see personal rejection where there was
one and are quick to take steps to
avoid rejection, even if the possibility is remote.
Now let me be clear.
As with so many things, I'm not saying
we need to immediately change how we think
about things and our RSD will go away,
but as someone who deals with it on
a regular basis, I have learned from the
horses.
Although horses live in the moment and we
do not, I have found that mindfulness and
being present can help.
And most of all, I've learned from the
horses to forgive myself when the RSD comes
to the fore.
I've stopped grousing about my stupid anxiety or
talked about my crazy-ass mind.
Instead, I acknowledge that this is how my
mind is, just as a horse deals with
a sunny day or a stormy day and
I practice radical acceptance.
Though we don't know the inner worlds of
horses, I imagine that they practice radical acceptance
too.
If it's thunderstorming, they run into the shelter
and wait it out.
If it's hot, they stick close to the
shade and water troughs.
When the weather is nice, they take advantage
of it and go out into the pasture
to graze.
The radical acceptance teaches us to forgive, not
of everything, but of the little things and
of ourselves.
And that is the highest wisdom of all,
learning to forgive ourselves.
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