walking

I was feeling sorry for myself today. For no good reason. It happens to us all sometimes. I knew that I needed to go take a walk. I put it off several times before I got up from my desk and went outside.

 

It's a beautiful October day. One of those fall days between rains, the sun is shining, the air is cool. And I wondered if I picked a spot on the farthest hill, the one way off in the distance, if I couldn't just get to it eventually if I started walking that direction. A silly notion sure, but what a lovely adventure that would be.

 

I wasn't alone anymore. The killdeer danced around me. Their shrill cries at my intrusion made me smile a little to myself. They are silly birds but I can count on them to always be around when I finally take a walk. I noticed a butterfly. Half-wished that it might fly toward me and light on my hand. One of these days that wish might come true.

 

And I realized what a difficult time the pretty little thing was having. Its flight struggled just a few inches from the asphalt. The wind was too rough. Here and there he'd light on the pavement to get momentum up to carry on. And then I stopped still because sometimes the lesson will do that to you.

 

Creator, I will carry on, no matter how difficult the winds.

Reviews

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. oh, it's fantastic to read these words again, emily ... i don't even know why i'm carrying on ... and why i have been carrying on since 10th july, 2009 ... the days get darker ... and so does the hope that there'll be light in the future ... but still there are words ... there's you ... and i think ... maybe this is a fantastic story ... and this is the part when it frightens the audience ... but ultimately there'll be a happy ending ... maybe there's more to life than pain ... we can't really say until those last few moments before we die ... so might as well carry on and see what happens ...

- serah

[Doctor JKC]

Keep on. There is a design and purpose.
Walking is good but I feel being still as a mountain
might bring more to you rather than going to it.

Lovely,
Jack

[Jibey]

I liked the capture of the moments and the opening up of the inner thoughts... and what lessons to be learnt from a butterfly, what prayers arise when we feel the movement of the Spirit... We are never alone.

[Ellen Hammond]

Wow! I feel as if this was meant for me to read today. Thank you for sharing this wonderful story of perseverence. It is amazing how much we can learn from nature and the lessons that the Creator can open our hearts to grasp from such an example. I really needed to read this and appreciate it more than I can say at this moment.

[Lilith des Cavernes]

What a beautiful prayer. Bright blessings dearest Emily.

[fireblossom]

Every breath is a lesson if we allow it to be. Thanks for the reminder.

[An Ordinary Woman]

It goes back "if we don't try we won't ever really know, will we?" And the first step is often the hardest. I'm always telling my kids ...."there is someone richer, but someone poorer too, someone smarter but someone not quite as smart ... and the lesson fits everywhere, all the time. This was a delight to read Emily. Thanks for sharing your walk with me.

[Robert Luna]

Carry on we must. The things that try to hold or push us back can always be overcome and we only become wiser and stronger. Needed to hear this today thanks for the inspiration.