Gidget along the Mullet River. Album on Facebook.
Yesterday I felt called to walk along the Mullet river. I wasn’t sure why. But then I’d also been thinking that I’d like to explore other areas to walk with Miss G other than our neighborhood. She is so portable after all. And I thought it would be something fun just her and I can do together.
On the other side of the river, it is all wooded and a concrete path unfolds down the middle. Chipmunks were clearly having a great day as I could hear them chirping everywhere. Gidget heard them too. I loved watching her ears stand on end and her body go into full alert stance. If not for her leash, well, let’s just say, the chippie’s would have had to be on full alert also.
As we walked, the flow of the river drew me in to its quiet space of calm. I thought about how much I’ve begun accepting and embracing my life by being more in awareness of the choices I can make. I also thought about how I’ve been learning to let go more, letting go of control, and just trying to allow things to unfold as they are meant to.
We funny humans think we have so much control, but we really don’t. If only we could really get that. Something I continue to work on. But I realized as I walked along in a sort of meditation walk that the river knows the secret of life.
It just flows, allowing nature to do its thing. Not thinking about where it will end up or what’s next. Gidget was doing the same thing. All she knew is what was right in front of her. The path to walk, the woods to sniff, the chipmunks to listen to.
We can’t force the water down the river anymore than we can force our lives into what we think they should be. Sure, we have choice, but how often do we make choices because of outside factors instead of listening to what really resonates with us? Too often our mind gets bombarded with so many questions that the answers can’t be heard.
Something called me to that river yesterday. Though I don’t have a definitive answer as to why. And maybe I don’t even need to know why. But to just relish in the fact I followed what I heard. I found serenity in that half hour of being with the river and Miss G. That is all that matters and it is enough.