Walking is a really interesting phenomenon. 1 of my brothers, for example, he likes to walk. He walks 10 to 20000 steps a day. A day. And I often think to myself, that sounds like madness, doesn’t it?
But in a very harried world, walking is extremely interesting, especially if you’re walking in an area that’s slightly more quiet than the normal humdrum of the streets, cars passing by, etcetera. Because I think a person finds when they walk that they are immediately isolated inside their own mind. And then you have one of 2 choices, don’t you? You reflect on the environment that you’re passing through the birds, the bees, the bugs, other people, etc. Or you go inside and you reflect on your life, love, and other your career, perhaps, other experiences.
And I think to a large extent, as human beings, there’s a lot of advantage to opening the door to the inner self, who you really are, so to speak. And there’s many philosophies, of course, and many, many ideas, but I think each of us who is a thoughtful person, and most of us are for sure, we can open the door to the self. Now some people like to go to perhaps a church or a temple or a mosque to perhaps pray. Other people perhaps like to meditate, but I think walking is an extremely interesting way to approach the whole aspect of the inner self. And I know the brother that I’m referring to, Mark, having become a walker, he’s a totally different person, much more insightful, much more reflective.
And along with looking at the inner self, he is, with some lucidity, able to look at the exterior self, how the exterior self functions in the world and the beautiful things, the bugs, the bees, the ants, the natural environment. And I think when one does this, one becomes more and more peaceful. And this peacefulness, in turn, translates into being more positive when it comes to one’s career, one’s life, interpersonal relationships with other people and the world in general. And I think this is extremely necessary today because we seem to live in the Internet age, the age, if you will, of pure negativity. Everything bad that exists in the world, I can listen to this right now.
And on a daily basis, I receive, supposedly, somewhere along the neighborhood of 100,000 pieces of information. Most of it quite pointless, nonsensical, biased, whatever you want. A lot of these thoughts, of course, fill us with negativity. It is the end of civilization as we know it. Now this could be true, but I think probably not.
But regardless, where am I at this moment? I’m here in the present. I am not in the past and I most assuredly am not in the future. And at this moment, by walking or through walking, I can attain a sense of peace. That peace opens the door to the inner self, and I can walk along and I can probe.
And I also think walking makes you extremely humble because it makes you realize how lucky you are to be you. Whatever your sex, whatever your body type, whatever your wealth, you are lucky to be you because quite truly there is no one like you. There never has been and there, of course, never will be. And now it’s up to you to develop the beautiful you. So ask yourself, where are you going to walk to?
And I think walking also produces a sense that life is a journey. Normally when I walk, I go from point a to whatever point b is, a destination, then I turn around and walk back to my starting point. And along the way in walking back, I, of course, have a clearer perception than initially when I first walked. So in a certain sense of the word, it’s quite refreshing to be able to actually reflect on what you’ve already done. So I think I’m going to take up walking like my brother, Mark.
And I’m going to open the door to my inner self. Perhaps, just perhaps, you can try it as well. A lot of people walk, and they seem to be happier and wiser. And you know what they say. You know what they say. Critical thinking is great along with walking, and critical thinking is, of course, necessary. You take care. God bless. Bye bye.