“Flash definitely made me a better listener,” Rachel says.įlash has motivated Rachel to be more self-confident and assertive as a person-two qualities donkeys tend to have in spades. Working with Flash though, she’s learned how to ask the right questions, and to get much better on picking up on cues, especially non-verbal signals like changes in body language. As a mural painter, she always wants to give people exactly what they want, but over the years she knows that they can sometimes have trouble articulating their true desires. “With donkeys, there’s this connection of joy that happens with people.”įlash has helped inspire Rachel in a lot of ways-even in her art business. “There’s something about their demeanor that invites a quietness and a calmness,” she says, adding, “they’re gentle souls.” And it’s not just her-she’s noticed that Flash inspires smiles and chuckles from just about everyone he meets. Rachel’s book is filled with insights inspired by Flash’s simple and honest approach to life that often left her rethinking her own perspectives. “I was your typical, horse-crazy town girl,” she recalls, “but I didn’t have any day-to-day experience with keeping either donkeys or horses.” The unique personality traits of the donkey set in motion a series of discoveries that took Rachel deep within herself and her beliefs.
Rachel had never owned a donkey before, though growing up she made excuses to visit her friends who had horses.
“There was definitely an immediate bond we felt.” There were immediate lessons as well. “It did not take long to fall in love with him,” she said.
In her new book, Flash, Rachel describes the amusing and touching journey that she and her family experience with a donkey named Flash At a time of financial and personal uncertainty, the last thing Rachel needed was to take on an equine.įlash quickly became a part of their family. Inspiration doesn’t always come when you’re expecting it, and Rachel Anne Ridge certainly wasn’t anticipating a life-changing experience when a homeless, injured donkey showed up in her driveway.
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