The long road home

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    Not  too  long ago  I  got  to  do something  I  have  not  done  since  I was 13 years  old and that was to walk  home  down an old  country  road . When I was  younger  I  lived  in Rual country and  my  friend  at the time  lived  2 Km from  home . I  recall it  like  yesturday  we  be walking  or  riding  our  bicycles  to  he's  home  or  mine . In winter we  would  cheat  by  walking  on the  lake  ice  because it  was  shorter  and  it  saved  time . A  few  day s ago  I got to  sort  of  relive one  of  my  old  childhood  memories only the  distance  was  much  farther  8  Km . In  my  day  we  wouild  stop  at this   house where   this  very  friendly man lived  and  he would  offer  us  cookies  and  water  from  his  outside  well with the  old  hand pump. on this  day   I  had  no  water  or  cookies  to  help  me  on my  long  journey home on foot . the  only  things  I  had  with  me  was  my  cell phone and  sun glasses and  I was  only  dressed  in  black silk  shorts , white  Tee   and water  shoes . that  long  walk  was  not  easy  for  someone  like  me  because  of  my  health problems Diebeties and  heart condition . I  know what  some  of  you  must  be  thinking  why  not  get a ride   from someone  ? call it  what  ever you want  pride, stubborness ,stupidty  I  choes  to  walk  because  I  know  I  can do this. this was  not  a  planned  walk  in  fact  it  was  done  because  I  had  been to  my  friends  house  by  means  of a  "Personal  Watercraft"  "PWC"  and  I  had  some  mechanical isues that had  I tried  to  return  home  with  it  would have  been  "life  threatning ". So  I  opted  to  walk  home  for the  good  of  my  health  and if  I  could  not  do it  I  could all ways  place a  call  for a ride . My  first  few  Km's   was  easy  because  of the  pine  trees  that  partly  shaded  the  road but  I was  not  long  after  that  I  incounered my  biggest  test  of  self  indurance.there  was a good  streach  of  open road  with  farming  fields  on each  side   and  as  you  walked  there  was  abit  of a  grade to the  road as  you went on .As  crazy  as  It  sounds  this was  a very  Hot  sunny  day  as the  temp was  over  34 C  with  very  to  no  wind  at times . As  I walked along  at a  good  pace   many things  when thru  my  mind mostly  of  movies  . I  had  stopped  4 times  to  rest   and  sit  for  10 mins  befor  moving  on down the road but  I  made it  home  !! Would  I  do it again ?....Hell  Yeah !! .....lol

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  • Karen Elena Tea Thanks Girls !! I'm amased sometimes by the attention I get by writing about things like this but its too bad we can t get to tell these stories to those in the chat room like we used to back on "TW" .
  • Jessica Nova Oh Donna I didn't mean it in that complex way heheh, I didn't even know Nietzche said that lol. I just meant it in context to the physical challenge that Karen took on. I sometimes use this phrase in my own head to accomplish tasks that my anxiety can...  more
  • Karen Elena Tea Miss you dear Gf!
  • Donna V Its nice to get out ,and just breath .and have time for our minds and body to get some balance after being knocked about a bit by our own sensitivities and events.-Thanks Jessica for your thoughts, its okay I like to think I have got over the past so my...  more