PureX
Veteran Member
Since I've been sent home from working for the duration, I've decided to go for a walk every day to get some exercise and fresh air. Sitting in the house all day will drive me crazy. So I've taken to walking in a large cemetery nearby where I live because it's quiet, and I know I can't make anyone there ill, nor they, me. No need for masks or gloves or distancing, or any of that.
And I have to say that on the one hand it's a bit creepy given that we are all facing an unknown bit of history that could end the lives of a lot of people, including me. So being surrounded by the dead seems somewhat morbidly iconic just now. And yet at the same time, I can't help but feel exceptionally grateful to be walking along, feeling the sunshine and the early spring breeze on my face, knowing that all those folks lying beneath the earth all around me can no longer experience this.
So that in the end, the walks do lift my spirits, and keep me awake and aware of the gift of being. Which is a gift beyond measure even in these less than ideal circumstances.
And I have to say that on the one hand it's a bit creepy given that we are all facing an unknown bit of history that could end the lives of a lot of people, including me. So being surrounded by the dead seems somewhat morbidly iconic just now. And yet at the same time, I can't help but feel exceptionally grateful to be walking along, feeling the sunshine and the early spring breeze on my face, knowing that all those folks lying beneath the earth all around me can no longer experience this.
So that in the end, the walks do lift my spirits, and keep me awake and aware of the gift of being. Which is a gift beyond measure even in these less than ideal circumstances.
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