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How I Attracted My Horse!
Submitted by: Chelsi
Barrel racer, go-getter, young woman full of dreams.
I’m one of those typical girls who was obsessed with horses while growing up. My mom used to tell me I could never take lessons because we couldn’t afford it.
But I kept hope. By the time I was 13, my mom surprised me by taking me to my first riding lesson. I was riding English back then. This continued for about a year and a half until I had to stop due to me getting braces, which are expensive. I didn’t start up again until I was 17, through a friend who is a barrel racer and her stories inspired me.
As time went on I kept taking barrel racing lessons. My friends around me slowly got horses of their own. It then came to the point where I was the only one without a horse. It was discouraging but I knew one day I’d have a horse to call my own. Ever since I was about 11 years old I had wanted an Arabian.
My mom would tell me we would never be able to afford a horse but I continuously looked up ways around it. Nothing worked. It wasn’t until June of 2012 when I had heard through the grapevine that my mom was secretly looking for a horse for me, as an early 21st birthday gift. I was ecstatic! I began preparing as if I already had it, picking out colors and supplies to match.
On June 27th, my mom took me to the barn and presented an Arabian gelding that through certain circumstances, ended up at my instructor’s place and needed a new owner.
This was before I had read The Secret, but after reading it, I realized it was the Law of Attraction at work!