𝐖𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞

 


I was walking to the grocery store early this morning (to buy orange juice that I already had in my fridge) while listening to Elvis Presley tell me he can't help falling in love with me and dreaming about a four-chair turn on The Voice (Yes, Adam Levine, I will be on your team).


The roads were silent and empty. I was the only one crossing the streets. Well, me and a bird. Either it was complimenting me (I am just that friendly) or insulting me (I am just that harmless looking) or it wasn't about me at all, we'll never know. I looked up at the sky and then around me, all the birds were either perched on branches or walking.


We have metaphors for flying like the birds in the sky, who's to say they don't think it's cool to walk like humans?

My mind wandered (Adam Levine can wait).

Instead of a bird's eye view (literally), do they enjoy seeing the details?

Do they enjoy using their feet to get to places?


That had me discovering a new appreciation for slow and steady, for each step I take and enjoying the process of getting somewhere.

With so many of us reaching for the stars and the moon, we forget to appreciate the ground that catches us when we fall and how we started our journey in the first place.


“We live in a fast-paced society. Walking slows us down.” – Robert Sweetgall

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