She stands in front of the hole again, and just like always, the battle inside of her rages on. She has found many holes like this in the past; a gap in the fence that has held her in for years. How she longs to charge through and race to the wide open fields to freedom.
She has spent many hours wondering what it would be like to have that kind of freedom. She has a good life on this farm. She has someone who takes care of her, feeds her and protects her from the dangers of the world; the fence itself is a protection from what lies beyond it. Oh, but to be able to let go of fears and doubts. She knows that deep down inside of her she has this horse that is just anxious to be set free. She has even had moments where she believes that she can and will; she does have hold of that courage and strength that lies deep inside. She sets her eyes on the gap in her fence and the freedom that lies before it, and her legs quiver with excitement and anticipation. She takes a deep breath and begins to run. She tells her self that she is determined and she dares to believe she will succeed. She is almost to the point where she will break free from this pen, and then suddenly, she realizes that while she spent all of that time in her personal battle that the fence was repaired. She is once again confined inside of her protective pen, in her safe little world.
Today is no different from the past. The gap is before her and the battle rages on inside of her. Today, she is just so frustrated and so tired of fighting. She does not want to give up though, because there is that voice inside of her head that tells her, “Don’t give up. You will succeed one day.” “I am hear and I am never going to give up on you.” So she stands there, with determination in her heart. She grabs hold of the strength and courage from deep down inside, again her legs quiver with excitement and anticipation, and her heart races. This time she closes her eyes, she takes a deep breath and she begins to run. She tells herself that she is determined, now more than ever, and she dares to believe that she will succeed.
