"Everywhere is in walking distance if you have the time
Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2005 2:07 am
A friend pointed me at your website today, and I just love it! I have recently been embracing this concept, but you put it in such wonderful terms.
Fall is a great time for walking in New England, whatever the weather. A few months ago, I decided that I would start walking at least forty minutes a day, five days a week. That felt so good that it has expanded into an hour a day, six days a week, and I have a hard time not taking a long walk on that extra day!
I tend to walk on the bike paths in Boston (where I live). Most of the other people I see on the paths are bikers, or Power Walkers (yes, aqua is involved), and they all look Terribly Serious and Goal-Oriented. That's not my thing at all. I love going slowly and seeing everything around me. I always smile at the other folks on the path, but they almost never look at me, let alone smile back. What a shame!
I walk by myself and with friends. I walk while thinking about problems, I walk while meditating, and on rare but lovely occaisions I walk without thinking at all. I walk in and around parks, and I walk down busy city streets. Since I have been walking regularly, I sleep better at night, I have a better appetite, and I am less stressed. I can walk longer and longer distances without getting tired. Also, I feel much more in touch with what is going on in my neighborhood and in nature. And I've stopped waiting for buses! Why wait for a smelly metal contraption to bounce you along for a fee, when you can go at almost the same pace much more enjoyably using your own two feet?
I am delighted to have recently discovered that a transportation bill approved by Congress this summer will extend my local bike path all the way to the other side of the state! I would love to walk that when it's finished, just once.
I also recently ran across this lovely website of quotes about walking, perhaps you'll find it interesting: http://www.gardendigest.com/walking.htm
Truly it is the journey, not the destination. Enjoy!
-Honey
Fall is a great time for walking in New England, whatever the weather. A few months ago, I decided that I would start walking at least forty minutes a day, five days a week. That felt so good that it has expanded into an hour a day, six days a week, and I have a hard time not taking a long walk on that extra day!
I tend to walk on the bike paths in Boston (where I live). Most of the other people I see on the paths are bikers, or Power Walkers (yes, aqua is involved), and they all look Terribly Serious and Goal-Oriented. That's not my thing at all. I love going slowly and seeing everything around me. I always smile at the other folks on the path, but they almost never look at me, let alone smile back. What a shame!
I walk by myself and with friends. I walk while thinking about problems, I walk while meditating, and on rare but lovely occaisions I walk without thinking at all. I walk in and around parks, and I walk down busy city streets. Since I have been walking regularly, I sleep better at night, I have a better appetite, and I am less stressed. I can walk longer and longer distances without getting tired. Also, I feel much more in touch with what is going on in my neighborhood and in nature. And I've stopped waiting for buses! Why wait for a smelly metal contraption to bounce you along for a fee, when you can go at almost the same pace much more enjoyably using your own two feet?
I am delighted to have recently discovered that a transportation bill approved by Congress this summer will extend my local bike path all the way to the other side of the state! I would love to walk that when it's finished, just once.
I also recently ran across this lovely website of quotes about walking, perhaps you'll find it interesting: http://www.gardendigest.com/walking.htm
Truly it is the journey, not the destination. Enjoy!
-Honey