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Today's
Meditation:
I've
been very fortunate to have the desire to walk born into me
somehow. Perhaps I learned it from my grandmother, who
was very much into long walks herself, but I feel it mostly
as an internal drive, something that I've just always wanted
to do. When I've lived in foreign countries, much of
the learning that I've done there has taken place when I've
gone for long walks and simply observed. When I'm
working hard, long walks help to relax me, and they help to
calm my mind and spirit.
Walking
for me is definitely a form of meditation, a time when my
focus in shifted from internal issues to the things that
surround me, the things that I see. I focus on the
trees and the animals and the sky and the flowers, and the
problems that I've been focused on seem to dissolve and
become much less important. And when I add to that
benefit the fact that walking provides me with very
beneficial exercise, the main question that I usually ask
myself is "Why don't I walk more?"
Usually
it's because of time--my life's demands seem to be
overwhelming sometimes, and they keep me from spending time
doing something like walking. There are also the
time-wasters, such as Internet sites and TV, that sometimes
seem to be more desirable than walking, especially if the
weather outside is bad. What I get from walking is so
valuable, though, that I do my best to fight my way through
the desire not to walk in order to get outdoors and exercise
my spirit, my mind, and my body.
I
like having angels whisper to me. They keep saying,
"Look at this," and "Look at
that." They keep telling me that I'm fortunate to
be able to go for walks in beautiful places. And they
tell me that I'm alive, and that life goes on and that by
walking, I'm improving my years to come as well as the
present moment.
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