What is it about walking?

I went for my walk. The wind was barely blowing and the snow was barely falling. It was beautiful and quiet. I could hear the snow crunch under my feet. It was powdery and light. I love a snow covered world. It feels calm and clean and magical. It makes me think of Isaiah 1:18.

Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

I’m glad I went out walking tonight. There are times when I itch to go somewhere and a drive up and around will be enough. But there are other times when I just need to walk, or jog. I don’t exercise to lose weight. I exercise because it clears my mind, because it makes me feel good. I could never get that same satisfaction working out in a gym on a treadmill. I need to watch the world pass by me and the wind pass through me. Exercising is a form of mental and emotional cleansing for me. The health benefits are just an added bonus.

There are times when I feel my emotions physically. Right now there is an emotion settled right in my chest. It’s almost like a slight pressure. Tonight’s walk was part of that feeling. I needed to get it “off my chest.” I don’t know if I did completely. It might take another walk or two over the next few days. But it helped some. Walking does that.