Walking

It is starting to sink in to me that next week will be one of the most stretching weeks of my life.

Feeling the stress sinking in, I decided that in order for me to take my mind of the coming week and get my head cleared up; I shall tell you a story.

Just yesterday, I needed to take pick up something from a friend’s place, 15 minutes walk from where I live.

I contemplated using my friend’s car or to take a walk up there.

My friend told me to walk, and tell me two lessons to learn from ‘walking’.

Me being me, I said, ‘why not, this should be fun’.

So there I went; walking along Regent street thinking about two random thoughts from walking.

Here are my written thoughts.

1. Walking keep you moving.

Motion creates movement which builds up the momentum. And momentum as the American football commentators say, ‘he has got the mo’ going on!’, which means that the footballer is in ‘it’ and is very likely to score for his team. In life, we need to keep the movement going.

We can’t stay stagnant wherever we are. It gets us nowhere. Everyone needs a destination to head to. And to begin with the end in mind. Also, when we’re taking that first step we’ve got to remember it is about ‘the journey not the destination’, as my friend kept reminding me while hiking up Mt. Taranaki (a dormant volcano) in New Zealand.

2. Keep on walking.

Those were the parting words of my Constitutional Law lecturer, Ms Savitha, as she ended the semester’s class. Once we’ve got the mo’ in us, we need to keep on walking, keep that pace. In one way, we’re all in a race, not to win, but to complete the race. As long as we cross the finish line, that is what matters. So the idea is to find out what race you’re in.

Also know that, ‘no man is an island’ and when you do that walking, (to sing the unforgettable line on matchday when Liverpool plays), You’ll never walk alone.

So when you walk, do life together. Walk together. And know that you’ll never walk alone.

One more thing, don’t forget to stop and smell the coffee/flowers!

Now how random is that?