by Invisible Mikey
I was reading Zeenat’s post about daily methods for reinforcing your inner upside (http://positiveprovocations.com/2011/02/21/top-9-ways-to-be-positive-and-happy-everyday/). The first one listed was to Carry a positive Trigger. She was writing about having a token of something that makes you happy with you at all times. When you get sidetracked, you can use it to get back in the game of life. She did not realize that by saying this she reopened a beautiful memory from my early childhood. I’ve had a positive trigger inside me since I was three! It’s Trigger himself, the smartest horse in the movies.
Roy Rogers was a former shoe factory worker from Ohio named Leonard Slye. He reinvented himself and became a beloved singing cowboy in movies and on TV. In preparation for his first lead role in Under Western Skies (1938),Roy tried out several handsome horses the studio provided. He was carried along smoothly and rapidly by a six year old palomino named Golden Cloud , but Roy was also impressed at how intelligent and responsive the horse was. During the shoot, co-star Smiley Burnette remarked that the horse was so quick Roy ought to call him “Trigger”. And quick he was, a fast learner and a fast runner. The name stuck.
