Funny thing…… God hid my sunglasses this morning! What does this have to do with a toe, you may be asking yourself? Well, it happens to be what made it all click for me, this morning, right in the middle of my walk. I am an avid walker, whether it be for fun or just to breath. Because of this love, I find myself on a trail nearly every day, putting my feet through a grueling treck.
In order to get myself out there each day, I have a regular routine that enables me to leave my house…I am not a big fan of too much stimuli…I make a big cup of coffee, take my vitamins, and begin the layering. I start with my ears and put music in, to block out distracting noises, then move on to layering against the weather, and finally my surface armor to close out the rest of the noise ( A beanie, neck scarf wrap, all the layers hooded up, and yes…sunglasses!
When I walk on the trail, my sunglasses block out everyone, and allow me to let myself go. Now, if you didn’t know, I have had writers block since 2017…and something finally gave, and I awoke! Last week was the beginning of my journey that I invited you to come on. I have no idea what I am doing, and I am entering a world that I have been absent from. Starting this blog opened up a well of endless ideas, dreams, joys, inspirations, and possibly some friendships. I have been terrified to open up again, and have been all over the board emotionally this week.
Here is where the toe comes into play for my epiphany. All last week, as I was writing and developing this site, my walks have been difficult, and they usually are my escape. My baby toe on the right, started rolling out and I developed blisters on it and the toe beside it as well. It took all of my stubbornness to push on, only making it worse. No matter what I tried to do, I was unable to change the way I walked, nor would any bandage fully protect my precious toe bean.
There I was, today, walking along without my sunglasses, thinking OK God, what is it you want me to see? Then it hit me! There were people on the trail I was on, people! There they were, on their journeys, just like me! It wasn’t so bad, it didn’t hurt, and I was still able to walk on. Then I thought, that’s odd! Speaking of walking on, my toe did not hurt…at all!
What was different? My shoes were the same, and the trail was the same…wait, was it…remember, God hid my sunglasses! Without my sunglasses on, I guess I saw two things. The first thing I saw differently was the world, and the second thing I saw differently was my WALK with God!
When I let Him lead me in whatever I do, I walk straight with a calm peace that relaxes me to my very toes! If I am anxious or struggling with something, I walk harder and faster than a lot of runners, not joking, I have a pretty intense gait! Problem is, I actually damage my body in order to achieve something. I have done it all my life.
My Great Toe Epiphany is , if my toe is hurting, maybe I am the one leading instead of following!
Journey With Me! 