“WALK”

“WALK”
P K Routray
“ Every walk of life “is a term commonly defined
to represent each and every occupation of mankind.
Walking through the nature
for everyone gives peace and pleasure.
Walking is the best exercise to keep a man physically fit,
and enlivens a man enabling his drooping spirits to get lit.
While walking a man plants one foot on ground another in air
highlighting that doing and being are to be in balance and care,
that internal eco system and outside eco system
should both be in harmony and should run in tandem.
“Walk” has four alphabets,
each representing one of the man’s behavioral assets.
“W” stands for “Witness”,
Walking gives a man wider vision to focus.
He can observe and absorb the happenings all-around,
react and contribute to mitigates the needs of a needy when found.
While walking many gems of life you will be able to see,
Because of our busy schedule otherwise those elude you and me.
“A” stands for “Acceptance”
While walking you learn from many a life without any grievance,
Accepting the life as it comes with pains or pleasure,
teaches you “ How to accept unacceptable”as memory to treasure.
“L” stands for “Love”
As you walk you can see on this globe
love at its best when showered without expecting anything in return,
from the love among the poorest, even from habitants of forest many things you will learn.
“ K” stands for “Know yourself “as the final letter of “Walk”,
While walking focus goes from the “ ME”” to the “We “ removing many a mental block.
We learn “Who are we and how to live with environment?”
Thereby controlling our internal turmoil, hence the inner pollutant.
As we walk -- witness, accept, love and reflect,
our vision of the world indeed grows clearer as an effect.
That clarity, paradoxically enough, blurs our previous distinctions
between “Me” versus “We”, external impact versus inner transformations,
and also between selfishness versus selflessness,
they are inextricably connected which we try to assess.