Arthur C. Brooks In this Essay Arthur writes of the transcendental fruits of a long walk. A new, very natural routine evolves and is dictated by walking pace. “But by about day three, these torments begin to subside as the walk begins to slow the mind to the speed of the body at a paceContinue reading “Essay: Go for a walk”
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“The Soft American” – President John F. Kennedy
“Physical fitness is not only one of the most important keys to a healthy body; it is the basis of dynamic and creative intellectual activity. . . . [We] know what the Greeks knew: that intelligence and skill can only function at the peak of their capacity when the body is healthy and strong; thatContinue reading ““The Soft American” – President John F. Kennedy”
Walking and Thinking
Something from Mike Garofalo http://mpgtaijiquan.blogspot.com/2022/02/walking-and-thinking.html
A Walking Meditation
Your walking journey will often take you to the uncharted edges. Consider this practice from Vietnamese Thien monk Thich Nhat Hanh.
Few People Know
A quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson It is not difficult. Do not overthink it. Plan, but do not dwell on the ifs and buts. Here are some tidy prerequisites.
Essay: On Going A Journey
I grant there is one subject on which it is pleasant to talk on a journey, and that is, what one shall have for supper when we get to our inn at night. The open air improves this sort of conversation or friendly altercation, by setting a keener edge on appetite. Every mile of the road heightens the flavour of the viands we expect at the end of it. How fine it is to enter some old town, walled and turreted, just at approach of nightfall, or to come to some straggling village, with the lights streaming through the surrounding gloom; and then, after inquiring for the best entertainment that the place affords, to ‘take one’s ease at one’s inn’!
Essay: Walking Tours
“In the course of a day’s walk, you see, there is much variance in the mood. From the exhilaration of the start, to the happy phlegm of the arrival, the change is certainly great. As the day goes on, the traveller moves from the one extreme towards the other. He becomes more and more incorporated with the material landscape, and the open-air drunkenness grows upon him with great strides, until he posts along the road, and sees everything about him, as in a cheerful dream. The first is certainly brighter, but the second stage is the more peaceful. A man does not make so many articles towards the end, nor does he laugh aloud; but the purely animal pleasures, the sense of physical wellbeing, the delight of every inhalation, of every time the muscles tighten down the thigh, console him for the absence of the others, and bring him to his destination still content.”
Essay: Why I Walk
By Ben Kilbourne, Backpacking Light As part of your formation with the Order of Walkers, there are questions you must pose to gain insight and promote growth. Ponder the age old “Why I walk”? A simple question but a difficult answer to articulate. There are no wrong answers. It’s a big sky and your essayContinue reading “Essay: Why I Walk”
Quote: Ralph Waldo Emerson
This quote speaks directly to the sacrament of ad Communionem for the the Order. “There are two companions, with one or other of whom it is desirable to go out on a tramp. One is an artist, that is, who has an eye for beauty. If you use a good and skilful companion, you shallContinue reading “Quote: Ralph Waldo Emerson”
Quote: Stephen Graham, “ The Gentle Art of Tramping”
“On the road the weak and strong points of character are revealed. There are those who complain, making each mile seem like three; there are those who have untapped reserves of cheerfulness, who sing their companions through the tired hours.” Stephen Graham Stephen Graham World Traveller
