Walking . Thinking . Learning

 I am amazed that many of the people that I have been closest to in my life have had a history of suicide attempts. I guess it was just something in me that gave me some sort of understanding of these souls or maybe it was for my own understanding and protection because I was [...]

I first have to state a disclaimer. I am not a psychiatrist or a psychologist or a mental health professional. I am a man recovering from a serious depression and I offer my story as one of a simple example of what has worked for me. I am recovering from depression without using any prescription [...]

Every day does not an epiphany bring. Some days a walk is just a walk. And that’s just fine, on those days I can spend more time just being thankful. The photograph above is from one of my walks last week and it was processed with Paint Shop Pro.

Following up on yesterday’s post on “Letting Go Of Hurts”, I had some more thoughts. While on my walk I realized that part of my problem is that I am hording my pain like it’s a treasure. I am giving it more life by picking it up and examining and analyzing it way too much. I have done enough releasing of these [...]

I am grateful that I can take my own path. I am grateful for new ways of thinking. I am grateful for the ability to look at my old patterns and the new ways I am finding of relating to my world and the people around me. I am grateful for new friends and new [...]

This Gnome Home is on the path I take every day for my walk. Here are a few more photos of this backyard installation along the Delaware River.

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: [...]

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 [...]

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. [...]

My Path

 
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 [...]