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Date Posted: 05:33:32 04/03/03 Thu
Author: No name
Subject: Re: We Break horses and Children as well
In reply to: R odney Evan bohen 's message, "We Break horses and Children as well" on 05:31:21 04/03/03 Thu

>Excerpt from "Letters to Carla: Chasing My Heart"
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>See what all the talk is about! Take the journey today!
>
>
>
>Letters To Carla 6/26/2001
>
> We Break Horses and Children as Well
>
>My Dear Carla,
>
>I once again my dear, I open the corral to my heart as
>one opens the gate in order to allow his favorite
>stallion to run, skip, sprint and fly through the
>pastures so open, soft and green. Carla, have you ever
>noticed the joy that floods a horse's entire being
>when released from their exercise pen in order to
>really run free in the pasture? They sprint out of the
>gate with their ears pinned down, power surging as
>they sprint, then run, as if saying 'look at me'! The
>look upon their face would indeed light up the world!
>The sheer glee that rises upon their countenance, it
>is truly a marvelous thing to experience. All
>creatures Carla merely bide their time till that
>moment approaches, if you merely near the gate of our
>friend the stallion, he raises his head and snorts, as
>he circles with pent up energy, excitement and
>anticipation, for all creatures who sniff the air in
>order to continue their journey, above all other
>things, desire to run free and roam unimpaired as they
>were intended to by design. Yes Carla, all creatures
>desire to fulfill their inherent right of passage to
>one day run free, with the wind cascading about them
>as they become one with time, that moment of
>excellence exploding in lightning type energy,
>portrays life as it was intended to be for all who
>inhale the air as their sustenance of life.
>
>Carla, boundaries are imposed by man, due to his
>diabolical and swarthy desire to control the pulse of
>other creatures including mankind. Mankind's worst
>side is exposed due to this practice of barbary
>indeed; man finds a sense of perverted power when
>breaking a horse! One merely needs to examine the term
>to understand and ponder the words I now speak, for
>indeed no creature alive and breathing was intended to
>be broken! Neither was man! Man breaks the horse as a
>result of society breaking the man, due to our learned
>and parroted behavior never once thought out nor
>questioned. As we consider the meaning and term
>referring to domesticated, in reference to dogs, this
>word again simply breaths and defines broken! When
>finally laid to rest! We call a dog domesticated if we
>indeed can control him! But my dear, dogs were never
>meant to be controlled!
>
>Oh yes my dear, as man breaks man, they in turn break
>horses and dogs, and oh yes, children as well! We use
>terms like breaking the spirit of a child in order to
>control him! My, oh my, where indeed does logic of
>heart play into this calculation, I ask you this day?
>We are meant to protect, nurture, teach by example and
>observe, not break by blows landed of power, nor with
>whips, ropes and stun guns! How unbearable as well as
>uninsightful lies the heart of man this day, and the
>saddest thing of all is we have no clue! Steeped in
>ignorance, while blindly adopting and embracing the
>instruction, and the tradition of the fools before us,
>we think never to question nor ponder these accepted
>ideas and dogma steeped headlong in barbarism, and
>cruelty!
>
>May I point out a fact my dear? Merely because
>something is an accepted practice that has been
>embedded in society from the beginning of time,
>renders it not acceptable, bright, nor civilized! I
>quickly pull war out of my hat to serve as an example
>in order to bedrock as well as cement my point in
>illumination! Just because war and bloodshed has been
>practiced as well as perfected throughout the ages,
>means not that thoughtfulness should not reign nor
>shower, in order to ponder the mere nature and
>character of such practices, as well as to question
>the lacking viable and questionable aspects of such
>temporary solutions to men's disagreements that never
>finalizes nor resolves a thing!
>
>Carla alas, I fear I sadden when I turn the hearts of
>men around in my mind in thought, finding little
>seemingly redeemable at times, due to our inability to
>think something through afresh and anew! We seem never
>to question, nor listen to our hearts whisper saying,
>is this right? Is it humane? Is it a kind resolution
>or practice? We merely speak back to our conscious and
>say! It was good enough for my daddy, therefore its
>good enough for me! Well, I state this day, that this
>kind of parroted thinking is not good enough at all!
>If we are indeed to survive as a world, nation, state,
>people, or parents or individuals! We must learn to
>think! And question! Being prompted by our hearts and
>conscious, if we are indeed ever to posses the hope of
>greater stature of heart as well as mind as a people
>and generation this day! My daddy was bigoted and so
>am I! Not good enough! My daddy was promiscuous, so as
>well am I! Not good enough! We always treated animals
>in our family this way! Not good enough, I retort in
>anger! This is simply not good enough!
>
>Where lays the passion in men's hearts this day to do
>good? Where indeed is our conscious of yesteryears?
>Where lies our desire as a people to excel in
>kindness, as well as to raise the bar of honor and
>nobility and compassion? Why cry we not at death, nor
>bow our heads in shame at a bullfight, why do we still
>drown kittens and torture our children? Do we not
>indeed need to think, ponder and assess the path of
>heart ventured this day? Do we indeed see no need to
>question why the chase and pursuit for money,
>supersedes the quantity and quality of time our
>children do indeed require and long for with panting
>breath and hearts hungry and starved for love? Do we
>indeed here not the cry of man and beast alike in
>unison shouting for freedom and respect in the wee
>hours of the night?
>
>Yes my dear Carla, the child as well as the horse, dog
>and bunny, were not intended to be broken, beaten nor
>muscled into a posture of obedience, but were born
>instead to be loved, guided, protected and covered in
>wings of affection as well as layered in ever-present
>tenderness. We are meant not to override the inherent
>will of others, whether it be beast or child, we were
>meant to coax them unto us in delicate affection and
>love, tender as raindrops and soft as the moon rays
>that sprinkle the night to guide us to our
>destination. My dear, a dog who loves and trusts us
>will never run away! Neither will our children! They
>instead flee, for freedom, if given none at all. They
>run to experience love never felt, and they run to
>flee the arms of cruelty that have embraced them far
>too long.
>
>
> Yours handheld,
> Rodney
>www.rodneybohen.com

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