Monday, 27 May 2013

On "just wanting to go for a walk"



"I just want someone to go on walks with me" she says, "we want different things."

Well, in order to go for a walk we need to agree a starting point. Then we need to meet at the right time, that's like a date.  I'll be early so you don't have to wait.  The way you walk reveals a lot about you.    I see how observant you are and how excited by seeing a peregrine falcon. 


   I need to match your pace in order that we can talk. I have nothing to do but listen to you.  Except if you get too absorbed in talking I can warn you of oncoming traffic.  
  

You get to make the decisions along the way, whether to take this path or that one and when we meet obstructions like a bull or a bubbling river we need to confer about what to do.

    I might even hold your hand for a moment if a log rolls under your foot when you're crossing a stream. Then there's the powerful effect of nature and the elements, the wind in the trees or the waves crashing on the shore.  Even without a pub lunch it's a little intoxicating. 


   At some point we need to rest and to share that moment of comfortable release with someone.
  So yes, let's 'just go for a walk' and it will be a time for just the two of us to be close and to share thoughts and ideas and to test how good we are at solving problems together.

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