I had a conversation with a horse the other day. Now I do talk to animals, past and current, wild and pets, pretty regularly. It is fairly easy for me now since I have been doing it for so many years.

This horse was a broken rescue horse. And he did not overcome all of his injuries. He had a tough life and our perception would be that he never got his happy ever after.  He made it clear to me that THAT was not true. I received a very important message from him. “Bless my broken parts too!”

Ok so If I am going to be completely honest, this horse put a song in my head. It is a Rascal Flatts song “Bless the Broken Road” except he changed the words to “Bless the Broken Parts…. That Led me Straight to you!”

I specialize in energy healing for animals (and people), have fostered several animals personally, and support rescue organizations. I am all too familiar with the highs and lows of what it takes to rescue and definitely send love to all who choose to make a difference in this way. It isn’t easy…but SO important!

The humans who rescued and cared for the horse were completely distraught that he never got his happy life. He never got to heal and be happy. His body was too broken to stay any longer. It was his time.

As much as we all want to create this “Happily Ever After” for any animal that comes in our life, especially those with horrible pasts, we HAVE to make the animal a part of the equation. You have to ask what they are asking for. You have to let them choose, too. Sometimes rescue animals make their way to a safe place to cross over peacefully because their death was inevitable and they wanted to feel love. Sometimes they make their way to someone who will love them and BE different from them being in your life. Sometimes the brutally broken animals end up with the people who will speak for them and create change for other animals in the most exponential of ways.

You can absolutely cry tears for any animal you have lost or has been abused. I cry every time the ASPCA commercial airs. It just happens. However, thanks to my new friend I have had an epic realization.

If there is such a thing as unconditional love, which comes so easy with animals, we HAVE to LOVE the broken parts too. Loving those parts heals both of you. This horse realized that, in letting go, there was so much human trauma and guilt. There were SO many tears over the “What If’s.” Where is the “Honoring of the animal” in guilt? This horse told me that this guilt and sorrow is not his legacy. He said “If you love me, you have to love those broken parts, too.”

You cannot love only the good parts or the potential, you have to be willing to love the totality of a being if you are willing to love it at all…. the good, bad, and ugly,

If you view anything about the animal wrong, including past experiences, you are essentially making the animal wrong. That energy contributes to nothing.

If you are currently blessed with an animal that has had trauma and pain, please bless those parts of the animal. Don’t make those parts wrong. Bless the trauma. Bless the struggles. Bless the pain that they were willing to go through to get where they were supposed to be. Bless them every single day. For they are absolutely gifts that deserve it! From my personal experience, this is what actually creates the most change….in all the best ways!!!!