Let's take a walk

Come on, let’s take a walk. Where exactly are we going? You will see.

First we put on out shoes. Shoes are important, may not be the most comfortable thing to wear, but sometimes that just how it is. Discomfort can breed protection. What? You do not want to wear them, but sharp things can stick in your foot, like the seeming harmless acorn, but that little sharp prick at the end can swindle its way into your flesh and create a slice that irritates you for days. Or you could step on glass or metal, something more sharp then you were prepared for, and then you will have to have recovery, stitches, maybe even shots to heal the wound. There’s also dirt, your feet will get muddy, dusty and grimy. And at the end of the walk, your feet will be cut, stuck and scummy. Those beautiful white feet…is that what you want them to look like? Good, you put on your shoes.

Ok well, let’s open the door and go. Oh? You want to know what is behind that door? That no one knows, but the reaching for the knob is half the struggle, and the next step is to swing the door wide and see the view from the present threshold, it is just the stepping over, in taking that view on the opposite threshold that is the hardest chunk. But once you step over, take my hand if you feel wobbly and we will walk on. Now you want to know where we are going. Why must you always have a plan or a map, why cant you just walk, look up from your feet and look at the view around you? If you raise your head and look around, you will see marvelous things that you have never seen before and that you will take in a view of life, a different take, a different perspective, will equal a new way of life.

And let me reassure you about that way of life you left behind. All good things in life, if they are truly yours, will be there for you always, or better yet, they will walk with you, behind you, beside you, you will not be alone. So don’t worry about that door, walk through it, don’t close it, leave it ajar just incase one or two want to slip through with you, or if you ever need to go back for a glimpse. But never forget, never stay, press onward in the walk, I am here, holding your hand, so let’s take that first step.