Walking, a Love Story

Walking alone is a time when one can find solace and do a little soul searching. A walk early in the morning on a cool, calm day before the rest of the world awakes, is a great way to spend quality time alone. As you walk, you clear your head and can focus on a problem that you may want to solve. Walking helps to clear your mind of the cobwebs>  It helps you to focus better on what may be bothering you.  Some of the most creative ideas often come during walks.

While you walk you get two benefits from it; working out your problem, and exercise at the same time. What can be a better way to spend a part of your morning to get your day started on a possitive note?

Walking can be very meditative. A sense of calm and peace come over you as you gaze at the early morning sky. Really open your eyes in the early morning light. Just look around and take in everything around you. The pinks, blues and purples in the changing sky. Early in the morning you see the first hint of sun as it rises and the billowy white clouds that drift into view as the sun comes up.  If you are religious, a spiritual feeling may well up inside of you as the heavens awake.  However you feel, you will begin to see the beauty in a new day.

Feel how vital and alive you are. Feel part of the world around you and that you are sharing the beauty of the day with the birds, as their songs fill the air. The grass is sparkling with the early morning dew. Each blade looks as if it is a jewel, glistening in the light. Things take on a fresh, clean feeling early in the morning. It is the start of a brand new day.  Stretch your senses outward and try to feel the joy of life.  If you look carefully, you may see animals and birds you've never seen before. 

While you continue to walk, take on a steady pace and listen to the rhythm of your footsteps as they are echoed on the ground while you travel the streets, sidewalks, and parks. Concentrate on your breathing and match it in your stride.  You almost feel as if you are gliding along.  This is the pure bliss of being in the moment.  Take this feeling with you for the rest of the day.