Walking

​I could say simply
I went for a walk today.
Or I could say I went for a walk today in a place I haven’t walked in months, a place that is home to me,
because of heat, because of time, because I found a gentler place
And in the walking I remember that I like music and books and thinking and questioning deeply. I remember that my work is not primarily to exist on an island far away from the suffering of life, or from my own suffering
But to live in and amongst it and to be of use
Again and again I learn that being with wealth is not the answer, that it provides no real safe haven (for me) if it is not of my own making
Again I learn that community is a beautiful thing yet not at the expense of the individual
It’s better for everyone if I am me and not you