I’ve been going on walks after work this week. Up the bluff and down to Troup park and back again. They take a while, those four miles, but to feel the evening sun and to listen to my book and to feel the movement of my legs brings me back to myself. When I fall I add back the building blocks one by one.
I stop at the park for a few minutes to meditate in front of the harbor. I love the light of summer. How I can walk late in the evening if I want to and still feel the heat.
There are few cars on the bluff route and fewer pedestrians. Open sky and solitude. I look forward to it all day. I’ll forget how much I love it again when my mind gets dark and plays tricks, but I’ll try not to. Or at least, I’ll try to come back to those things I know. Go outside. Go outside. Go outside.
With Love,
Natalie