D and R State Park
I Am Grateful For:
Not drinking to excess
Not smoking anymore
Being able to walk 5 miles a day
Thinking in new ways
New friends
Learning to release old hurts, slights, resentments and jealousies
New positive habits
New authors I have found: Louise Hay, Deepak Chopra, Salman Rushdie
New ways of publishing online: WordPress [new to me at least]
Coming of fall
Coming of Christmas
Public Parks: D & R Canal State Park [see photo above]
Summer to Fall
In the past few days a surprising number of the trees along my route I walk every day have turned yellow and it looks like we might just have a very early fall here in the Northeast. The Virginia Creeper is turning bright red already. Maybe these really cool temperatures we have been having at night are getting to the trees. Fall is my favorite time of year and the change is welcome. It is great to see the incredible colors of red, yellow and green return again and I am thankful to watch the seasons slowly change.
I am grateful that I live in a place of such natural beauty here in the Delaware Valley. I am grateful that I live in a place with such a wonderful public recreational resource as our bike and hike path that hugs the bank of the Delaware River. I realise that in many places I would have to use back roads or ask permission of my neighbors to take such long walks every day. I am blessed and I am thankful for where I live.
Keep on Walkin
As I walked my five miles today, [resisting the urge to push it past 6 miles again like I did yesterday] I concentrated allot on business matters as a ton of great business ideas presented themselves today.
Today’s walk was a warm one and I did a lot of sweating which is actually a wonderful experience. I compared the sweating to the releasing exercises that I do to release negative energy, bad thoughts and emotional hurts. Sweating is also a reminder that it is the end of summer and cooler temperatures are just around the corner. I am grateful.
Peace
I have always wanted to write a real blog, you know one that was truly personal and not a business blog like my others about travel, restaurant reviews and websites. This is what this blog is all about; my random thoughts that come to me on my long daily walks that are doing so much for my body, mind and spirit.
I walk about 5 miles a day along the banks of the Delaware River. It is a marvelous place to walk because the path is well maintained and everyone is free to use it and the scenery is so beautiful. The walks are great for my physical health, but they also are doing wonders for my mental health and my spiritual well being.
I will reveal something here that is very personal, but I want to share this because I think it might help someone. I started walking because my life seemed hopeless a short time ago. I am in the process of walking out of a severe depression that hit last year when my former classmates from high school invited me to my 30th Class Reunion. For some insane reason, this invitation and the thought of going sent me into a six month long downward spiral that I thought I would never recover from. In my desperation, a friend of mine recommended the book “You Can Heal Your Life” by Louise Hay. It helped me to grab a hold of the few strands of reality left in my life and I have been slowly walking out into the light since then.
My walks are in a very true sense, saving my life. These words are a record of my steps on this walk.
Gotta go for now, I am off to do my walk and to learn a bit more about myself and the universe.
Peace.