How curious life is, not too long ago, the very idea that horses would be sending me messages would have been beyond my comprehension. Now, the horses talk to me often, they touch my heard and remind me to think differently about the world and my role in it. They challenge me to try and speak for them, and for their right to remain in our world at the time of their greatest danger, when they could very well disappear from the sight and consciousness of most human beings for good.

They bring my writing to life and give it purpose, they kiss my conscience and give it new life.

Beyond that, the have messages for Maria as well, in this year of awakening and revelation, I see that they are speaking to both of us, our love and connection for one another has captured their attention, their messages are all about love – the way we treat them, the way we treat one another. These are hard earned lessons for Maria and for me, of course they would find us and call us to them, in different ways, for different reasons.

The big horses are mystical beings, gentle and intuitive and filled with history and magic.

My gift is words, I can reach out beyond my own narrow life and sound my trumpet from my little farm, put my words and my voice to good use.  People are listening, their message is strong. Maria’s journey is internal, they are reaching deeper inside of her, calling her to see her own strength and beauty and talent, and to advance her art, her voice to the world. We each speak to the world in different ways, and now, the horses are speaking to us and through us. And we are speaking for them.

Already, they have given me so many gifts. They have given me a new mission, to write about the new awakening for people and animals, a new and wiser understanding of animals and their place in our world. They call on us to treat one another well, and to treat our mutual Mother, the earth well. They have so many messages to share with us, if only we listen.

Tell the truth, they tell me, tell the truth. The truth will make it’s own way.

Last summer, I sat with Chief Avrol Looking Horse in Central Park, he told me that the horses had pray for me and asked me to decide where I stand in the world – did I wish to be part of saving it, or part of seeing the planet in ruins?  We are, he said, at that moment, that turning point. We will either see it or not. The horses have called upon me to seek out the truth about them and tell it, to alert the world to the great loss we will all face if they are driven away again, and for the last time. And to understand what it will cost us.

The world is at a crossroads, he writes, it is time for each of us to decide where we want to be in the struggle to save the world, save the animals, and learn how to save one another.

How wondrous at this point in my life to connect in this way with this wonderful animals, I was waiting for it.  i thank Blue-Star Equiculture for this gift. And I thank my good friend Pamela Rickenbach for this message she sent me today, she has seen the way for people and animals, Blue Star is the future for people who love people and animals and wish for them to keep their sacred and ancient connections. I am one of those people. The horses have messages for me, and I imagine, for you as well.

As the Chief told me, all I have to do is listen.