Take A Walk.

How often do you take a walk? I find the daily walks, except on those stormy minus 40 days, keep me in touch with what is happening in the neighbourhood. When you walk, you can slow down and look around you. You can pause and study what you see. If you are driving, looking around can be dangerous and pausing or stopping when something attracts you is unpopular with other drivers at best and an accident in the making at the worst. Even riding a bicycle does not give you the leisure to just stop and stroll. Last week I began talking about the virtues of slowing down, this week the talk continues.

The theme for this week's article came to me as I was replying to a comment made during a discussion about slowing down. It was then that I realized that when you slow down and refuse to be rushed, you are taking control of your time, making choices about what you will do and when. How does this work? Take cooking for example, using the slow cooker to prepare your meals, gives you time to garden, or read, or write or whatever else you want or need to do. It's like doing two things at once but stress free. You are not juggling activities. You are simply making use of the free time you have gained. Your family's dinner is being prepared and your attention may turn elsewhere. What you turn to is up to you, but if you find yourself with time on your hands, and you don't want to meditate any longer, then give some serious thought to gardening. There is a ton of gardening information here at Suite101. Do a search and see what you can find.

Lets go back to the leisurely stroll around the block. During gardening season, especially at its beginning, people are out in their gardens, engaged in a variety of activities. One of these is planting. An important of putting something new in is moving something else out in order to make room.

If you walk the same route on a regular basis, you will gradually strike up at least a nodding relationship with your neighbours. This can lead to casual conversation as gardeners can't help but share tips with each other. This sharing can lead to new plant acquisitions or give you an opportunity to pass on a plant or two that you no longer have room for in your garden. If nothing else you get a chance to see what other people are planting and this may inspire you.

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