tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post75800644990525800..comments2023-12-30T17:31:11.883+00:00Comments on The Solitary Walker: At Home Nowhere And EverywhereThe Solitary Walkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11284354541952038339noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-75339582096610757402014-01-02T22:33:12.279+00:002014-01-02T22:33:12.279+00:00Thanks for your visit, Ruth!Thanks for your visit, Ruth!The Solitary Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11284354541952038339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-88579218241209981612014-01-02T22:32:50.359+00:002014-01-02T22:32:50.359+00:00Thanks for your comment, Paul — and Happy New Year...Thanks for your comment, Paul — and Happy New Year to you!The Solitary Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11284354541952038339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-46793141176059586902013-12-31T12:48:34.360+00:002013-12-31T12:48:34.360+00:00Wow. To reclaim territory for oneself by walking i...Wow. To reclaim territory for oneself by walking into places free of oneself and society. I need to contemplate this!Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-11636237848819672002013-12-31T06:01:02.543+00:002013-12-31T06:01:02.543+00:00An interesting read and I think as I get older I l...An interesting read and I think as I get older I like to saunter too. Gone are the days when I used to eat the miles - now I like to do less but take in more :)<br /><br />Happy New Year!Worthing Wandererhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06171578542677248065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-85687420957408207212013-12-30T10:14:21.963+00:002013-12-30T10:14:21.963+00:00Hi Pat — I think I might really enjoy that book yo...Hi Pat — I think I might really enjoy that book you describe.<br /><br />It's a wonderful passage, isn't it, Gail? But thank Thoreau! Lovely how your comment about 'holding hands' echoes Vagabonde's comment.<br /><br />Yes, George, I have a little paperback version of Thoreau's 'Walking' too, teamed with 'A Winter Walk'. I dip into them time and again.<br /><br />Thanks for this, Vagabonde — I truly loved your wedding story, and the 'Walking Meditation' by Thich Nhat Hanh. The Solitary Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11284354541952038339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-17294770987831950942013-12-30T04:55:44.994+00:002013-12-30T04:55:44.994+00:00I thought this were your words until I reached the...I thought this were your words until I reached the end and saw it was an excerpt from Thoreau on Walking. I walk according to the Vietnamese monk Thich Nhat Hanh who lives in France. At my daughter’s wedding, which had to be in the historic catholic cathedral in Savannah Georgia in accordance with the wishes of her fiance’s family (who are strict Catholics from the state of Kerala, India – we are not Catholic) I was asked to read something – I guess they hoped I would read some Bible verses. I did not. This is what I read, in the great cathedral, in front of all the Indian attendance:<br /><br />Walking Meditation by Thich Nhat Hanh<br />Take my hand.<br />We will walk.<br />We will only walk.<br />We will enjoy our walk<br />without thinking of arriving anywhere.<br />Walk peacefully.<br />Walk happily.<br />Our walk is a peace walk.<br />Our walk is a happiness walk.<br />Then we learn<br />that there is no peace walk;<br />that peace is the walk;<br />that there is no happiness walk;<br />that happiness is the walk.<br />We walk for ourselves.<br />We walk for everyone<br />always hand in hand.<br />Walk and touch peace every moment.<br />Walk and touch happiness every moment.<br />Each step brings a fresh breeze.<br />Each step makes a flower bloom under our feet.<br />Kiss the Earth with your feet.<br />Print on Earth your love and happiness.<br />Earth will be safe<br />when we feel in us enough safety.<br />Vagabondehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10774109692564954568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-61235494958857122572013-12-30T00:13:46.963+00:002013-12-30T00:13:46.963+00:00Though my little paperback version of "Walkin...Though my little paperback version of "Walking" is without question the smallest volume in my library, it is among my most treasured. I seem to pick it up and read through it at least once a year, and the subsequent readings are as delightful and full of wisdom as the first. I've always loved Thoreau's discussion of the etymology of the word "saunter."Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03959953035812596907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-52687976941269246102013-12-29T21:24:31.992+00:002013-12-29T21:24:31.992+00:00Gret post. The confidence, truth and strength of y...Gret post. The confidence, truth and strength of your writing here really inspired me and took hold. My son saunters, always has. And now that I have more freedom of mobility with my scooter, I too can saunter, so to speak - and we can even hold hands. Nice, huh? Thank you for this writing today.<br />Love Gail<br />peace..... Gailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11337675996256691215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-55128307777933795192013-12-29T15:45:58.951+00:002013-12-29T15:45:58.951+00:00Ah Thoreau Robert - have walked around his part of...Ah Thoreau Robert - have walked around his part of the country in my travels.<br />I had a lovely book for Christmas which you might enjoy if you have a book token to spend from Christmas. Ronald Blythe's 'A Time by the Sea', in which he writes of various members of a coterie of artists, writers and musicians who settled in and around Aldborough in the fifties and sixties. Blissful reading.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.com