Day 62 - a walk in the park!

Day 62 found me trying to "love thy neighbor!"
It was my day for a really fast walk - cross training and catch your breath morning. But I'm pedantic about how I exercise. I always run with my watch; I pace every mile; I know every distance down to the parts of a mile: and I know what I need to do to reach the goals I've set.
Yep - pedantic.
On my cross training walk day (which I reluctantly do but I know is good to do) a slow walk isn't helpful, a medium walk won't cut it either - especially as after my walk I was heading out for breakfast and massive calorie intake - this walk needed to be fast to accomplish what was required according to the schedule.
Only 10 minutes in I bump into a neighbor. A good neighbor; a growing older neighbor; a not so well neighbor AND....a really slow walking neighbour.
I've blown past him multiple times ....filled with guilt later that I haven't taken the time to stop and ask how life is.
Today ...my schedule was tight, real tight, and with the breakfast deal happening later I really needed fast calorie burning pace.

But I slowed.

For the next 20 minutes I walked slowly as he and I shared life, caught up and I listened. Real slowly.

For the first few minutes it hurt ......could I leave him having said hello and crank it back up to the required pace? But my spirit slowed and while a run a day gets me off to a great start with energy and momentum ....this was an even better start to the day.

Yep ...loving your neighbor and loving it going slow.

This was my intentional follow of Jesus.