Adventuring on your doorstep
“...The Buddha meditated by walking, and Wordsworth composed sonnets while striding beside the Lakes. Bruce Chatwin concluded from all these things that we would think and live better, and be closer to our purpose as humans, if we moved continually on foot across the surface of the earth.”
Going for a walk:
the shortest sort of journey
You have stared at the screen too long; you have been staying rooted in one place for way too long. The need for a walk comes from the same place as the longing to take off to another country: with a desire to restart our minds. While we walk, the mind is no longer on guard. We ‘re not supposed to be doing much inside our heads; we ‘re mainly occupied with following a path around a pond or checking out a row of shops. The rhythmic motion of an easy stride helps to separate us from the ruts or our current preoccupations and allows us to wander more freely though neglected regions of our inner landscape. In physical terms, we ‘re hardly going any distance at all, but we ‘re crossing acres of mental territory. Words by the one & only thebookoflife.org, as said in its ‘How to travel' by the @schooloflife.
It’s a paradox, but the more you are traveling, you realize that you live in a great place, and there are still a lot of new things to explore in your own backyard/neighborhood/just outside your house.
Running on a tight schedule we often are searching for far away adventures to appreciate the world. But, the simplest way to explore is to look at what is around, adventuring on our own doorstep and appreciate the simple side of walking.
…just a few moments in the park, the high street, oak trees, robins, a river, a grocer’s shop…
4 reasons to adventure around the block
It`s cheaper,
It’s also less hassle,
and has less environmental impact.
You can indulge in care-free hikes on sunny days but also during the darkest, cold, windy and soaking wet days, too.