The Carriage Ride: or Quite Possibly the Journey of Your Life - Softcover

Robinson, Jacquie

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ISBN 10: 1504302982 ISBN 13: 9781504302982

Verlag: BalboaPressAU, 2016

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The Carriage Ride

Or Quite Possibly the Journey of Your Life

By Jacquie Robinson

Balboa Press

Copyright © 2016 Jacquie Robinson
All rights reserved.

ISBN: 978-1-5043-0298-2

Contents

The Carriage Ride: A Guide to Understanding Yourself, ix, 
The Ride of Your Life Workbook, x, 
The Ride of Your Life Model, xii, 
The Carriage, 1, 
The Horse, 10, 
The Driver, 17, 
The Master — The Inner Self, 34, 
The Road, 40, 

CHAPTER 1

The Carriage

The Carriage = the Physical Body

The specific properties — colour, shape, and characteristics — of your carriage came from your ancestors.

Exercise 2: Family Tree

Fill in your family tree below. Think about the physical features of your carriage as they were passed down to you from generation to generation.

Although the colour of your skin, your build, and the shape of your body resemble others in your family, this does not mean that you have no choice with respect to your carriage's appearance. Think about how you are physically. Are you in good physical shape? Do you keep your body clean? Do you exercise regularly? Do you eat healthy food?

If well cared for, our carriages (bodies) will last for many years. If treated carelessly, they tend to break down and wear out — and replacement parts may not be readily available.

In your infancy, your parents cared for your carriage. As you grew and became more coordinated, you were gradually given the responsibility of caring for it yourself. As an adult, if you do not take care of your body, nobody else will; full responsibility for the care and maintenance of your carriage is yours alone.

A carriage that is unclean and uncared for may provide a very unpleasant ride.

Some people prefer their carriage to be well padded and built for comfort rather than speed.

Others choose to keep their carriage sleek, well oiled, and streamlined.

Some people think of their carriage as simply a means to get around.

Exercise 3: Carriage Care

There are professional trainers at most gyms who can give you a physical-fitness assessment and provide a personal programme to fit your needs. Many gyms have a machine that looks like a simple bathroom scale, but instead of only telling you your weight, it gives your percentage of body fat (both visceral and external), your bone density, and your metabolic age. Make a point of going to your gym to discover how fit you are. Take care of your carriage; it has to last you a lifetime!

Exercise 4: Physical Fitness

Take a moment and think about your carriage as it is now. Write brief statements about the following.

What aches and pains do you have?

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How easily do you move?

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Are you carrying extra weight?

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Are you in desperate need of some repairs?

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What is your plan to take care of your carriage?

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Exercise 5: Horse-Drawn Carriages

Below is a list of horse-drawn carriages. Circle the one that best describes how you currently see your physical body.

Ambulance
Armoured vehicle
Beer wagon
Buggy (open)
Buggy (closed)
Carnival wagon
Chariot
Cinderella's pumpkin coach
Dogcatcher's wagon
Firetruck
Garbage wagon
Hackney carriage
Hearse
Ice wagon
Manure spreader
Maple-sugar sled
Medicine wagon
Milk wagon
Pastry or bakery wagon
Prince Charming's royal coach
Prison wagon
Racing cart
Royal coach
Show carriage
Sleigh
Stagecoach
Sulky racer
Wine-barrel wagon

Now, put a smiley face beside which kind of carriage you would like to have in the future, the one you are motivated to work towards obtaining.

Remember to take care of your carriage. There is a special passenger inside: YOU!

CHAPTER 2

THE HORSE

THE HORSE = EMOTIONS

Your emotions are the horse that pulls your carriage.

Like the horse that provides the energy for the carriage to move, your emotions provide the energy you need to move along in life. When you are happy, you have an abundance of energy. When you are sad, simply getting out of bed in the morning may become very difficult. When you are depressed or upset, going anywhere or doing anything may become just plain hard work.

Your emotions are innately primitive and natural. When something frightens you, you jump. When you feel threatened, you run away, prepare to fight, or freeze in your tracks. This is how you and the rest of the animal world are programmed. Flight, fight, or freeze are natural, instinctive, and emotional reactions.

I grew up around horses and other farm animals. My grandfather had a team of huge draught workhorses. My uncles used quarter horses to round up their beef cattle and bred thoroughbred racehorses that were renowned for their speed. How different these horses are from each other!

The workhorses were gentle giants, calm and easily handled. They permitted us to jump on and off their bare backs without taking any notice of us while Grandpa led them around the farmyard.

The quarter horses were swift and agile and loved to gallop. We rode them with cowboy saddles that had a large pummel. We hung on to this tightly as these horses could turn sharply, leaving us facing in one direction while they headed off in another.

The thoroughbred racehorses were built for speed. They were excitable, extremely alert, and highly athletic creatures. We were not permitted to ride them; they were too much for us to manage. We could brush them and clean their stalls, but riding them was completely forbidden. Each of the different horses required a different approach.

Draught workhorses are known to be calm and easy-going, while thoroughbreds are considered to be extremely alert and highly athletic. As individual humans, however, we each have an emotional disposition that is an acquired, habitual nature composed of a combination of our emotions and behaviours.

Some people are very emotional, easily excitable, and highly responsive. Others can be angry, aggressive, fierce, even irritable, seeming more like a grizzly bear than a person. I have also met people who are shy, fearful, and extremely anxious; they remind me of frightened rabbits. Emotions can set you in motion or stop you in your tracks. Is it any wonder that learning how to control your horse (your emotions) instead of letting it (them) run away with you is a lifelong challenge? Are you able to bridle your emotions — or do they run your life? How do you use this energy to take you down the road you want to travel? Do you run your emotions, or do they run you?

How would you best describe your horse (your emotions)?

Exercise 6: horse Breeds

There are many breeds of horses, each with their own...

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: BalboaPressAU
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2016
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1504302982
• ISBN 13: 9781504302982
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 82
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