True Story Affirmation Brought to Life

Affirm: I am happy in child-like joy.

It took a little while for this above affirmation to become reality, but as the saying goes, when the timing is right— things tend to fall into place.

A memory that etched a lasting imprint in my mind

Eight years ago on my 50th birthday I spent some ‘soul space’ time reflecting on my past 50 years and also how I visualized my forthcoming 1/2 a decade. So many beautiful memories—marriage, children, life as a family and my passion for creativity and writing. Although one memory that sprung right to the surface seeming to call out, '“choose me”— was a time in my early teenage years riding my horse through the rolling flint hills of north eastern Kansas.

During these care-free summers my girlfriend and I spent most of our days with our horses. We took long rides often taking a picnic lunch by the creek while the horses rested. These summer days, stood out as an authentically happy free-of-worry-memory that etched a lasting imprint in my mind.

Santa Fe National Forest

Present day reality, the situation found me

Fast-forward from the day I set my intention and affirmation— my present life involves living in a place with horse stables so close we often hear the horses neighing. As luck has it, I am welcomed to ride these horses as often as I can, and I’m actually in the process of owning a horse again. Currently we take long rides through the Sangre de Cristo mountains, across streams and deep into the beauty of the Santa Fe National forest.

Last weekend as we rode across streams and deep into the beauty of the forest I thought to myself; “ I am happy in child-like joy.”

You too can learn how to speak in affirmations, gain clarity, re-direct your energies and shift the direction of your life. Sometimes intentions with affirmations come into your life in an instant and other times things take time.