by Douglas Salisbury

Here is my latest Confession of a Walkaholic:
Stella and I were on our morning stroll this morning

We were thinking, “What a beautiful day it is to start out with cool crisp country air with bright morning sunshine!”

I began to think of all the possibilities today

Kinda giggled to myself of my youth and all the things and possibilities I would end up doing on a day like today

Then as soon as that thought hit me about all the possibilities, a thought pattern here recently hit me:

“Well you can’t do that. No you can’t do that. Nope can’t do that either!”

I noticed my steps slowed down

I stopped a second and the thoughts of my old glory self passed through my soul as I stood there

But then a smile came to my face as I just said out loud to myself, “Well buddy that’s past time and this is new time!”

With a quick new thought of inspiration I took the next bold step with a little vigor thinking, “Ok, just take that next step! You got this!”

The thought of, “Well buddy, carry your happy butt home with each step while planning what you are going to do today! This is your new glory self of who you are today!”

Then with each step home thoughts of, “Well I can do that!  I can do that! “Oh and I can do that, too,” emerged.

Another giggle passed through my soul as 100 wood projects I could do hit me, along with 100 other things I could today.

I think to myself, “Oh, I forgot about that! I can do that also!”

With a single thought of positivity, I changed the direction of this beautiful day to be alive

Yes it is true we are not who we were

But that’s ok

This is who I am today and it just looks different

The only thing stopping me today is my thought process and getting off my butt and just trying something new and different

Experiment, explore, imagine all the new possibilities today

Get er done!

~Stella and I