My Friend,
Having just returned from New York where walking is the main form of transportation I felt the need to continue walking here. There is a church near where I work that has a labyrinth behind it. I walked it a few times years ago, but always with kids in tow and more for their entertainment than anything else.
I paused before entering, read the pamphlet on the history and "rules" of walking a labyrinth. There are no rules. It did however suggest that you may want to enter with a question to bring to God. Being obsessive compulsive I chose a phrase I could just repeat over and over. "Help me with my emotional and physical journey".
My intentions may have been pure at the start, they did not stay thay way for very long. My walk went a little something like this:
"Help me with my emotional and physical journey, help me with my emotional...if I walk a little faster I will burn more calories..and physical journey. Help me with my emotional and physical journey help....this place really needs to be weeded I can barely see the rocks..journey..help me...that guy over there at the apartment probably thinks there is a crazy woman walkling in circles over here..where was I? oh right, help me with my emotional and physical journey, I am actually sweating this is great. I could do this every morning before work. It would be a nice way to start the day. Oops, forgot again. help me with my emotional and spiritual journey, help me with my emotional and spiritual journey. Wait. Am I saying spiritual? I was not thinking that. I was thinking physical. Hello, wanting to lose weight here. Ohhhh, maybe I am supposed to be thinking spiritual. Hmmm. maybe next time. Help me with my emotional and PHYSICAL did you hear that? I said physical journey. help me with my...am I almost done? This is sort of boring. help me decide what to have for dinner. Ahha! I made it to the middle at last!
Thank you Universe. Okay I promise to be better on the way out and stay focused but I am going to go at a quicker pace.
"The trip out was a little bit more focused. It was a work out. More of a battle really. Physically and spiritually.
