I Took A Walk

I am thankful when I discover songs like this at the exact moment I need them. There is something so powerful about taking a walk when trouble finds you (or you find trouble). It's taking that 45 minutes to think with a clear head; to process in your own mind. It's finding peace within you, the peace that will guide you through what will happen next. It's accepting what happened yesterday and living into tomorrow. It's centering before you do something you might regret. This is what running did for me and I should have replaced it with something else, but did not. I was so busy fixing my body that I neglected my mind, my spirit. I used to run, come home, drink coffee and read a book focused on bettering my spirituality and THEN write. I finally got back into writing, but what about the other pieces that accompany the writing? I haven't done any daily readings and have not taken a walk on my own in a long time. I let myself get the better of my self. Change is coming, I can feel it. I cannot accept it unless I am ready. I need to take a walk...

 

 

There was once someone who said such amazing things and did such wonderful things, that people began to follow him. One day, they had to ask him which one of them would be the greatest. Then he said to them, "Whoever welcomes this little child in my name welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me. For it is the one who is least among you all who is the greatest."

I am thankful for this wonderful person. May we always welcome children and live with faith like children; willing to question, but ALWAYS willing to love unconditionally. Always ask the questions, live into the answers and love the people who are around you, wholeheartedly. May we accept and be blessed by the beautiful mess of the child.

 

I am thankful for every opportunity I've been given, including those I've wasted or have never taken. This opportunities have been the building blocks that establish who I am now. I can't live in should've, would've, could've; I can only live in the now. I am looking for that pearl of great price; something so wonderful that I would give up everything to find it. I think I'm finally learning to let go.

 

  I am thankful for The Good Shepherd. "I count each one of my sheep as they go inside. And if any is missing, I would go anywhere to look for the lost sheep: through green grass...by the still water...callling my sheep by name, even in places of danger. And when I find the lost sheep, I carry it home...even when it is very heavy...even if I am very tired."
"When the wolf comes, the ordinary shepherd runs away. But the good shepherd stands between the wolf and the sheep and even gives his life for the sheep so that the sheep can return home."

I have no further explanation. I am thankful that in times of goodness and in times of want, I am loved and cared for. I am called by name. That is beyond words.