Life @ 3MPH

I grew into my walking-based lifestyle step by natural step, and never particularly noticed how much I liked it until a book fell into my lap in time to be my December read. (A Walking LIfe: Reclaiming Our Health and Our Freedom – One Step at a TIme, by Antonia Malchik) Chapter by chapter, this book gave me more reasons to appreciate my walking and lifestyle pace of 3 miles per hour. My reading coincided with observing the frenetic seasonal hustle-bustle that’s currently in progress, the contrast adding more joy to my appreciation. Walking puts me in a place with time to smell the pine trees; walking moves me at a speed that lets me be more aware of the slow turning of the seasons; walking gives my feet the opportunity to feel the earth beneath them. On these busy days, I invite you to give a gift to yourself: to stop, plant both feet on the ground, and savor a deep breath.

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