There Is No Spoon

   The fog wrapped around the morning as I led Autumn to the pasture before I had to rush off to and endless nine hours at work.  I took off her halter and hugged her and tried to send her a message, mentally, that she should wrap her head around me and give me a hug back.  In the past I have read books by all the horsey communication gurus out there (Margrit Coates Connecting with Horses, Linda Kohanov's The Tao of Equus, Carolyn Resnick's Naked Liberty, Liz Mitten Ryan's One With the Herd...)  To sum them all up they basically tell you to make a mental image of what you want to tell or ask your horse and if you get a thought in your mind, sort of out of the blue, that  that is your horse talking to you.  I would sit in Autumn's stall and practice the recommended exercises in the books with her and try to mentally "talk" to her.  The clearest message I ended up getting from Autumn was when she ripped one of the books out of my hand, sinking her teeth in it so hard that it indented the pages together.  I got the message loud and clear and shelved the books.
     So, there I was, hugging Autumn, picturing her wrapping her head around me in a perfect embrace. That's when she pulled her head up, breaking free of my smothering neediness.  She belly bumped me out of the way and farted as she passed by me.  


Autumn obviously, having better things to do then being brainwashed by her needy owner.

   I stood still as the minutes left me to be late to work.  I was thinking about what I had learned from Keanu Reeves in the movie The Matrix.  Actually,  don't think I learned anything but It reminded me of the scene when he watched some bald headed Buddha girl bend a spoon with her mind and he was like "Whoow".
    Then she was all "Don't bother to bend the spoon Keanu it's not going to happen."
    He's all "Huh?"
    Then the bald headed Buddha girl was like "Yeah you heard me.  There is no spoon."  
     Keanu was looking right at the spoon and you can totally see him thinking  I'm looking right at the spoon kiddo.  He rips the spoon at of her hands and then he gives her a look that says,  Check it out...I am like totally holding it in my hand now. Duh!
     Then she rolls her eyes and tells him to "Get bent."
     Keanu then holds up the spoon and intensely checks himself out in it's reflection and it sort of keels over. And he was like "Whoow."

This is the There is no Spoon clip from The Matrix.  It's just like I described it but you should watch it anyway.

     There is no spoon... I knew there was a message in there somewhere.  And then it hit me... I still don't know what the hell it means.  Bend yourself?  Do you need to know yoga for that?  I hate yoga.  As I was wrestling with this riddle I noticed Autumn walking towards me.

 

   I figured I was standing by a good patch of grass.  She didn't stop until she was standing with her head right above me.

 

Does someone need a hug?

   Then it happened.  The spoon bent.  I wrapped my arms around Autumn's neck and she let me hug her until my little heart was warm and content.  She patiently let me decide when to release my loving choke hold.  I was so glad I was late for work.


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