Equine Therapy Narrative Essay

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It started off with a dream that I received from God about a ranch that used Equine Therapy and other forms of counseling with God in the middle of it all, to help the homeless, Vets with PTSD, and drug addicts. God has already put other people in our paths who have the same dream. We want to start a non-profit organization called Because of Jesus.
On the ranch we will have a counseling building, a class room, a workshop where they will learn job skills, and how to write a resume. There will be a few large bunk houses for families. There will be a huge bunk house with several different rooms with 3 beds in it one for woman and another for men. We will have a large industrial Kitchen where Patrick whom attended Cordon Blue for his chef training. Cooking is an art that can
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I’ve taken place in Equine Therapy, I’ve seen 260lb men fall to their knees and start crying like a baby. He just stood there and didn’t know how to relate to this miraculous creature. He was the real tough one in group, after that he opened up and started sharing with the group. I had a horse named Bessy and she had a gimp hip as I had a bad back. So she was supposed to be a soft ride. I started off by petting her than I feed her an apple. Then we made eye contact and all I could see in her was love. I mounted her and I could feel her favoring her left side. It was a nice and smooth ride out to the halfway point. I dismounted and feed her another apple and brushed her a bit. As we sat under the shade of an enormous elm tree, I got to thinking that I would like to gallop fast on the way back. So when I remounted her I gave her a little kick, and said giddy up. And she looked back at me and then took off. I could tell she was in pain but she just wanted to please me. When we got back my Therapist said that she had never seen her run like that for like 10 years. What love she must have for

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