🐴 One Bite at a Time: A Horse’s Lesson in Dissolving Overwhelm

There’s a timeless lesson that came to me years ago, whispered not in words, but in the slow, deliberate rhythm of a horse eating hay.

His name was Chinook—my very first horse, and one of my greatest teachers.

I remember watching him stand before a towering stack of hay, calmly sorting through it, taking small mouthfuls from the bottom layers. Not rushing. Not chomping like he had something to prove. Just… steady. Present. Patient.

And in that moment, I heard it—clear as day in my heart:

“You can’t eat the whole elephant in one bite. You can only eat it one bite at a time.”

It stopped me in my tracks. That quiet, simple truth.

I’ve shared that story with so many since then—because honestly, haven’t we all tried to swallow the elephant whole at some point?

When Timeline Shifts Stir the Storm

Lately, with all the collective energy shifts stirring in the air, I’ve been reminded of Chinook’s wisdom again.

We’re in the midst of a timeline shift—a massive energetic re-alignment—and it’s bringing back old patterns, old thoughts, and old emotions we thought we were done with. They bubble up, not to punish us, but to give us one last chance to witness, to choose, and to let go.

But it’s easy to get overwhelmed when everything seems to be surfacing at once. The mind starts racing, stories get loud, and distractions multiply like rabbits on espresso.

That’s when I know it’s time to come back to the root.

Pause. Breathe. Simplify.

When the noise gets too loud, I ask myself one simple, grounding question:

“What do I want to feel?”

Not what do I want to fix. Not what should I be doing.

Just—what do I want to feel when I wake up tomorrow morning?

Peace? Love? Clarity? Joy? Freedom?

Once I name that feeling, I can see more clearly which thoughts are aligned with it—and which are just mental squatters taking up space rent-free.

I’ve learned to catch those thoughts that spiral me into chaos and gently (or firmly, depending on the day) show them the exit door.

They don’t get to monopolize my mind.

I choose what I want to think. I choose how I want to feel.

That is not bypassing—it’s powerful sovereignty.

Love, Light & Blessings

Frannie and the Herd