Wednesday, July 17, 2013

Trail talk (amongst myself)

In the last couple of weeks I have done alot of walking/running and biking. 

Yesterday I told myself it was just the heat that was making me have a constant conversation with myself however I have not convinced that self yet.

Curiosity, nosy, judgemental? Why do we see people and draw conclusions about them ?  I was able to identify and classify people by just running by them.  There are many charachters represented on one trail!

There is the elderly couple who just leisurely walk and enjoy each other and the fact that they can still walk.

There are those training for a marathon;
Students readying themselves for track;
Mommies just wanting to get out;
Mid-life men who are trying to defy aging;
The perverted  strange camera man who is there EVERYDAY with his camera- how many bird pictures does one need?
Young families pushing strollers;
Bikers who are clearly strong bikers and bikers who are not;
And today a new group hit the trail, The real housewives of Reynoldsburg Ohio.

Strange maybe.
Seriously though I did have an opinion about every person I encountered.  It made me think about myself for a moment.  I even thought ok, am I initiating a morning greeting more often than the person I pass or am I just a responder?  Shamefully more often I was the responder.

What are they thinking about me?  Oh there goes the woman who has to match her shoes to her shorts. AND man they are bright.
Hey strange man with the camera if you are going to drag me in the woods and leave me there I am going to be sure to make it easy to be found.

See where our minds go?
What if this is what I saw?

People.  Beautiful people just doing what they love, want or need to do.  Nothing more, nothing less.





1 comment:

Joan said...

Talking to yourself? No God is listening and your thoughts are normal. I believe everyone does the same thing. You R right about your shoes I think, now I know where Cammeron gets his nitch over shoes to match his outfit. Nothing wrong with that. The camera guy, he probably has your picture some place as well as everyone else to publish in the book "A Day at The Park".


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