Let’s take a walk

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It is not a difficult task. It does not have to have a destination but it can. A simple preparation with finding the right jacket and shoes for the weather, checking the house for all the electronics that are continually invading our world, grab a bottle of water, if needed, and a pair of shades and hat if sunny or a scarf is windy and cold, close and lock the door turn then place one foot in front of the other and start walking. 

It is an upright position that is actually very good for your back to get your body inline. You can walk your dog. You can walk to the store. You can walk hand in hand. You can walk with your baby carriage. You can walk in circles. You can walk up steps and you can walk down hill. You can walk in the park. You can walk on the street. You can walk for miles until the walk hurts your feet. You can walk in the dark but it is not very safe. You can walk for foundations that make you feel great. You can walk as a group or walk all alone. You can walk to work. You can walk home. 

The best thing about walking is you can find your cadence. This is your body rhythm. The faster you walk you breathe with more distinction and the slower you walk the more you notice the surroundings. Even without an iPod for music the body will associate the swing of the leg and the pat of the foot on the ground with a familiar beat of a song. 

Now some need to be constantly entertained so you can walk with music or an inspirational message in your ears forming a pattern for your pace or you can wonder off into multi-tasking with a pad or phone connecting you to your friends and family and their latest adventures of the mundane. 

But if you really want to enjoy your walk, if you really want to experience the adventure, put all the electronics down and walk without the distractions. 

It is said the Steve Jobs used to like to walk to get his thoughts together. It seemed to be a pretty good process for him.

Remembering your youth when you had to beg your parents to deliver you to another location in a mobile machine, but if that form of transportation was unavailable, you walked. 

Personal note: For years the people and places I knew, even through college, were in walking distance. Public transportation was available, but the footpath was easy and always there. Miles and miles and miles were trekked through this inner city to destinations unknown.

Now to really make the walk a wonderful experience, take someone with you. 

For a walk with someone else will bring out a conversation and that conversation will be firm as the steps you take together. The shared motion will bring out words that will change your life. 

The slow walk with a friend to complain about the troubles or shared feelings that only friends can share. The fast walk to try to overcome frustration or accomplish an unattained goal. The walk hand-in-hand with a special person ends way to early and the words that should be said are never said. 

So the next time I see you, let’s take a walk.