Gentleness Book

"Gentleness" is an inspiring story with a message - about simple heart-warming truths. The book is a tribute to the wisdom of the horse and seeks to weave together Aidan and Beth's experiences with horses - particularly their own horse Chelsea - with the way in which people at school and in the workplace can be best inspired to magnificence. Through the book Chelsea shares equine wisdom with her human friends and asks us all to understand that one truth soars above all others: "Gentleness is a great strength". And so "Gentleness" is the attribute that pervades this wonderful story, fiction drawn from reality, about a horse and a human. Both begin life as free, pure spirits but are soon crushed by established views and the compulsion to conform - the old style of leadership - until they experience love and inspiration, and the removal of fear such that their spirits are once again set free to achieve wonders beyond imagination. The plot is centred upon the lives of the two main characters, Chelsea and James. Both are born full of potential, each with a desire to achieve great things if only nurtured in the correct way. Their stories run as two parallel themes: Chelsea is bred in Ireland. Her first companion is the stable lad, Eric, who falls in love with the sassy chestnut filly and makes her his special charge. The joyful innocence of her early years ends when she is sold to her first owner, the caring but insecure Majella. Proving too much to handle, Chelsea moves on to join the Irish showjumping prodigy, Edgar Gibson, but injures herself in a top class event. Edgar's interest in Chelsea ends when he realises that she may never again attain full fitness to compete at the highest level. So he sells Chelsea to a heartless dealer who uses harsh methods to bring her back to an artificial level of fitness that makes her suitable for selling on. This period of pain and bewilderment crushes her spirit before she passes through the hands of a kindly Scottish dealer and theRead More