Instructions to Walk

Open your door and
step outside.
Take a deep breath
of fresh air.

Now take another step,
then another.
Head in any direction.
Have no destination in mind.

Look around at the nature.
The trees, the animals.
Listen to the sounds of the world:
Planes, trains, the cracking of leaves under your shoes.

Reflect on your life.
Your journey since being born.
The struggles, also the goals.
Think of all you've endured and conquered.

Now, head back home.
With a different frame of mind.
Seeing yourself in a
new light.

Reviews

[C_theSurrealist]

This is a good poem about life. It is a motivation. Keep writing!

[Baby Ricochet]

Seems like some mighty sound advice

[Pax]

That's a great way to reflect and refresh the mind my friend... Good advice in a poem. I always do believed that a breath of fresh air outside and a stroll somewhere in the beach, forest or park would ease the tension of the mind. Thanks for sharing this my friend, you've expressed this really good.

[Aunre]

Svetlana, I get it. I really do.. and I love it. So clear and concise - the challenge for us to see ourselves and the world around us differently than we normally do. It is so hard because it's so easy. Does that make any sense? Probably not. At any rate it's great. Thanks for confirming what I have long suspected. :)

[I Am Svetlana]

Honestly, that makes perfect sense. Though most wouldn't understand it probably, but I surely understand it. We have to separate ourselves and our thoughts from how we view the world like we do. We must deal with our own personal problems and then focus on our problems caused by the world around us. Focus on ourselves, then how we relate to and work with the world.

[SpeedyHobbit Armstrong]

I really appreciate this as an avid walker- I even compete in racewalking at all distances from 1500m to 10km- my coach is bumping me up to 20ks quite soon. This sounds very much like a lot of things I do through my training.

In fact, I appreciate this so much that I am going to share this link on my Tumblr geared towards nutrition, fitness and most especially my journey and aspirations as a racewalker through the ups (such as races where I outpace most runners in my age group) and downs (struggling to come back from being injured in a car accident).

[SpeedyHobbit Armstrong]

http://armstrongracewalks.tumblr.com/post/68926033068/instructions-to-walk

[I Am Svetlana]

Really, you're gonna share it on Tumblr? Wow...I can't thank you enough for that! This really made my night! I really appreciate you choosing to share my link to this! And so glad I could inspire you like I have with this particular piece :)

[Laura Harrison]

This is really inspirational! I think that most of us believe that the world is a terrible place, but if we just stopped and looked around, we would see that it isn't all that bad after all. Beautiful poem :)