July 29, 2022

Reflection

THE WALKERS

You see them everywhere: the Walkers.

Shoes, shorts, t-shirts, vision caps - a simple uniform.

Walking while talking to a friend - a buddy - a stranger - a spouse - catching up on the latest - while exercising, moving, cardiovascular fitness.

The mall, the streets, a country road, flat preferably....

Then there are the extras: cellphone. bottled water, Gatorade, the dog, the podcasts, earplugs.  What else?

Going nowhere in a hurry - going somewhere with health in mind ....

It's obviously better than just sitting - gaining weight, with snacks, while watching a football game, or the soaps, or what have you?

Then after walking for four months or four years or four times a week - one of us knows we know a lot more that when we started walking.

It just happens....

We're older, we're wiser, we're fitter. 

We've read t-shirts on others going by; we've heard tapes; we've heard about kids in far cities or at college....

We've figured out why a daughter said what she said. We've figured out why a husband did what he did. We're figuring out why God gave us seasons.

Go figure ....