Go far a walk

Sometimes I make life way too difficult

I think

and ponder

and read

I plot and plan and seek to chart my journey to....

well, I am not sure where

I certainly don't get there

Perhaps what I really need to do is go for a walk

get some fresh air

try to smile

perhaps what I really need to do is just

step

right foot

left foot

right foot

breath

just walk through the day

as if I am walking joyfully through the woods

seeing what there is to be seen 

who there is to be seen

Perhaps it is time to just 

look

and listen

and smile

perhaps it is time to play a game with children

and have a cup of coffee with a friend

Perhaps it is time to pet the cat

"and whisper "I love you! I love you! to the whole made world" (Hafiz)

 

perhaps it is time to simply take a walk

and let tenderness

and compassion

pour from my heart

 

perhaps it is time to take a walk!