My walk today was lovely. I walked without thought. For a confirmed thinker, this alone is new bliss. I realized I can “just walk” without thinking about walking. I know those reading this are giggling in your coffee (or tea) but there is very little I do without the awareness of thinking about what I am doing. Driving is a good example. I have to think of where all the other cars are in relation to me, I must calculate the odds of me getting distracted and plummeting to my death over the side of the bridge (or cliff edge if we are in the mountains). I have to spend the time thinking therefore my actual physical reaction time is incredibly slow. I can tell you that over-thinking driving makes for an anxious driver (And passenger. Ask my daughters who have been both driving for a total of 16 years between them, they will confirm I still clutch the door handle rounding even the safest of corners. ) Doing anything without thinking about it is a gift. It honestly never occurred to me walking could be thus. Because of this my blog posts may be a bit shorter this month.
Holy Spirit is simply showing me a new way of being: “Walk with Me without thought” (this sounds like a Bible verse from my childhood). I love it when a verse or truth comes to life right within me, don’t you?
Perhaps this is the beauty of EVERY DAY, no thought. It just IS. Walking Is. EVERY DAY IS. I AM.
Walking IS extending love to my thoughts.
Nothing more is needed.
