The great thing about a life lived with horses, as mine has been, is that I unconsciously began understanding how to get into the now and live each day as it happens. Of course, when working with horses, if a person isn't in the moment happening bodily injury (or even death) can happen. This way of thinking became a habit and has been a great help to me in coping with my life with MS. My frustration, grief, and anger levels are, at times, so high it's insane, and I sometimes wonder why I'm not insane -- or at least clinically depressed. That I'm not either I attribute to my parents, whose solid upbringing grounded me emotionally, and the horses, who taught me not to dwell on or in the past, get in the now, and not worry overmuch about the future.

I've had many horses in my life but my last horse, a TB named Magic Hero (that's his picture above), is the horse in my heart.

Chris