What sustains you when all else falls away? This was a question asked of me during a particularly harrowing time some years ago. I thought about it and for me, some of those things were very simple – the feeling of the sun warming my body and shining on my face….and walking. Those are a few simple things I can count on no matter where I am or what I am facing.
So over the years, I’ve done a lot of walking. I can remember walking the streets of my old neighborhood in New Orleans during a particularly challenging time faced with much uncertainty. I didn’t know what would unfold in my life and I felt a great deal of anxiety. So, I walked. I’ve walked my way down streets and alleyways in many places around the world now. Through twisted backroads in the French countryside. Along the erratic and hot cement sidewalks in Chiang Mai when noone else was foolish enough to walk in the afternoon heat(except the monks!…). And among the potato fields in the snow in Germany.
When there is uncertainty… I walk. Which means essentially, where there is life… I walk.
So here I am now in Hendersonville, North Carolina surrounded by the mountains, woods and lush nature…. and walking. I walk in the abundant trails and walkways surrounding my current home. Sometimes alone. Sometimes with others. It’s like a constant that forges a passage from one phase of life to another… big or small.
How about you? What sustains you when all else falls away? What are your simple comforts and joys the move you through the uncertainty of life’s many passages?
It’s always great to hear from you!
Gypsy Woman 