“When you have so much ‘stuff’ that you
can’t walk, you have a lot of stuff!”
The quote above came from one of our
members at breakfast as she was commiserating with another member who has had
to miss some Saturday walking because of some unhappy family events. As soon as I heard her say it, I knew that it
was the subject for this week’s blog.
Walking, for me, can occasionally be a kind
of therapy. When I have a problem to
deal with, I often find the answer on a Saturday walk. It can be through group therapy where a few
people walking together chew things over and I get new perspective. It can be one-on-one where another walker
takes the time to hear about the problem and offer advice or just
sympathy. Or, as this morning, it can
provide time to mull things over on my own.
Today, I walked “alone” with the group and contemplated various courses
of action. By the time I’d finished 6 km
I had the answer and was ready for a social time at breakfast.
Of course most weeks we just walk for the
sheer fun of it. But it’s nice to know
that there’s the option of dealing with my “stuff” while I walk. And that if my “stuff” keeps me away, good
people will care.