Walking

As we re-enter the world I offer you these words lest we forget the simple pleasures of walking.

 To find the universal elements enough; to find the air and the water exhilarating; to be refreshed by a morning walk or an evening saunter; to be thrilled by the stars at night; to be elated over a bird’s nest or a wildflower in spring — these are some of the rewards of the simple life.
–   John Burroughs

It is not talking but walking that will bring us to heaven.
-   Matthew Henry 

Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake. 
-  Wallace Stevens

Of all exercises walking is the best.
-   Thomas Jefferson

 Walking around
               

an early spring garden--


going nowhere.
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Kyoshi  

And I walked, I walked through the light air, I moved with the morning.
-Theodore Roethke

Me thinks that the moment my legs begin to move, my thoughts begin to flow. ---
Henry David Thoreau  

Walking is the great adventure, the first meditation, a practice of heartiness and soul primary to humankind.  Walking is the exact balance between spirit and humility. ---  Gary Snyder 

People usually consider walking on water or in thin air a miracle.  But I think the real miracle is not to walk either on water or in thin air, but to walk on earth.  Every day we are engaged in a miracle which we don't even recognize: a blue sky, white clouds, green leaves, the black, curious eyes of a child -- our own two eyes.  All is a miracle. ---   Thich Nhat Hanh

An early morning walk is a blessing for the whole day. ---
 Henry David Thoreau

The sum of the whole is this: walk and be happy; walk and be healthy.  The best way to lengthen out our days is to walk steadily and with a purpose. ---
 Charles Dickens 

And, last but not least:

You have to stay in shape.  My grandmother, she started walking five miles a day when she was sixty.  She's ninety-seven today and we don't know where the hell she is. --- Ellen Degeneres