Keesha,to answer your question,I don't have a smartphone just a regular flip phone.I would find walking with ear plugs a distraction as I'm always concentrating where I'm going,watching out for any idiot drivers who always try and beat the light Sue
Thank you for telling us about your walking adventures RaddishRose.When I was young, we'd walk for hours, all over town, taking most of the day.. Hip and back won't let me anymore, but I do shorts walks each day with doggie of course. I walk at stores like Walmart and Target for execise, but need the cart to lean on, lol.
It's wonderful to walk a lot. You see interesting things, enjoy the beauty if in the country. Good for you!
Actually.....
This is lovely.Walking
BY THOMAS TRAHERNE
To walk abroad is, not with eyes,
But thoughts, the fields to see and prize;
Else may the silent feet,
Like logs of wood,
Move up and down, and see no good
Nor joy nor glory meet.
Ev’n carts and wheels their place do change,
But cannot see, though very strange
The glory that is by;
Dead puppets may
Move in the bright and glorious day,
Yet not behold the sky.
And are not men than they more blind,
Who having eyes yet never find
The bliss in which they move;
Like statues dead
They up and down are carried
Yet never see nor love.
To walk is by a thought to go;
To move in spirit to and fro;
To mind the good we see;
To taste the sweet;
Observing all the things we meet
How choice and rich they be.
To note the beauty of the day,
And golden fields of corn survey;
Admire each pretty flow’r
With its sweet smell;
To praise their Maker, and to tell
The marks of his great pow’r.
To fly abroad like active bees,
Among the hedges and the trees,
To cull the dew that lies
On ev’ry blade,
From ev’ry blossom; till we lade
Our minds, as they their thighs.
Observe those rich and glorious things,
The rivers, meadows, woods, and springs,
The fructifying sun;
To note from far
The rising of each twinkling star
For us his race to run.
A little child these well perceives,
Who, tumbling in green grass and leaves,
May rich as kings be thought,
But there’s a sight
Which perfect manhood may delight,
To which we shall be brought.
While in those pleasant paths we talk,
’Tis that tow’rds which at last we walk;
For we may by degrees
Wisely proceed
Pleasures of love and praise to heed,
From viewing herbs and trees.
:thankyou:
I set a personal goal of walking 2.5 miles daily with my STATE OF THE ART WALKER. Sound easy? With Rheumatoid Arthritis and Peripheral Neuropathy not really.
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THAT is fantastic Lon. A 2.5 mile goal is nothing is snub at.
From my experience with my arthritis, it hurts a lot more when I’m inactive. The best thing for my mind & body is to stay as active as I possibly can and I sincerely hope to inspire others to do so.
Your story is most inspirational Lon and thanks for sharing.
Hey, take a few pics and post them next time. Lol
Do you find it helps you arthritis Lon?
Yes it helps both the Rheumatoid Arthritis and Peripheral Neuropathy. Walking can boost ENDORPHINS.
I have no excuse for not walking every day. None. But I'm lucky to get in 4 walks per week. I live in a gated community in Geezer Nation (suburb of Phoenix) so I don't have any traffic issues, and the weather is almost never an issue, the 2.2 mile "loop" thru the community has sidewalks, no physical limitations, etc. I just need to get motivated again. It is totally therapeutic for the body and soul. Sigh.
Okay, since you guilted me into it, I walked a little over 2 1/2 miles this morning. Perfect weather (70 F or so).
I walk about 1.3 miles in the morning with my dogs. It's about all I can stand in one go. LOL! I'd like to walk in the evenings, but most days it's too dang hot. I do enjoy it. I am motivated by not wanting to become a total couch potato.
Only covered 2 miles this morning. Cold (60F) and cloudy here in the Sonoran Dessert. There's a large brush fire (11,000+ acres) about 100 miles north of me, but the wind is blowing towards Colorado.