Inspiration

Over the weekend, my beloved and I watched the film “The King’s Speech.” I was transfixed.

All through the movie I watched Lionel Logue, the speech therapist played by Geoffrey Rush, creatively work with his client. I loved his uncompromising, heart-based insistence on equality. I felt it wouldn’t have mattered whether the client was a duke or a dustman, Mr. Logue as portrayed in the film would have treated each of them the same. It was a wonderful lesson in how quiet confidence and listening, then working with the client, and yield incredible results. Mr. Logue had some great tools in his toolbox, and by trying them out and seeing what worked, then going back and trying again, his client found his voice.

I was totally inspired. What a great metaphor for the work I’ll be doing with my equine friends! I’m putting this film in our library, so I can pull it out and watch it whenever I feel stuck, or like I don’t know what I’m doing, or if I think I should just give up.