We had already been warned that the temperature was going to soar by the afternoon. Like many, the heat is not my favourite walking condition so off I went earlier than I usually do.
When you walk early while many in the rest of the world are still pajama-clad, you get to be in the silence. Even the few cars going by seemed hushed and in no particular rush.
So many things to get done, so many reasons not to. Little do I know that there are others up-and-about with the same idea.
As I'm walking anonymously down a main street, all of a sudden I see a face peering over my right shoulder. Eight feet up. Over the fence. Yikes!
He tells me that he aims to "take down this fence today before it falls down as it's been leaning for a week now". I don't tell him that I had just about jumped out of my running shoes.
As I recover and continue around the corner, I see these flowers poking through the fence. How often do we fence ourselves in, I think to myself. How daring of these flowers to see what's on the other side!
I hear the small bark of a small dog. He is being walked by his owner who is pulling her oxygen tank. They both walk slowly but they keep moving. I wonder what effort it must have taken to get her out this early morning. The dog's name is Max.
Then there is an ancient fellow, balancing two big bags of cans and bottles on his bicycle handlebars. He is well equipped with leather gloves and a plasticized apron. Good Morning! he says as he pedals away.
I pause at the intersection that has no cars, out of habit I guess. I sense a whizzing, as a woman wearing a blue helmet driving her electric scooter races past me. Her purple jacket and hood flowing behind her. I can only imagine how fast she must have travelled in her younger days.
And as I reach home as the sun bears down its heat on me, I am still picturing the flowers and the folks I met today who made it to the other side of the fence.
Keep looking for what's on the other side of the fence. (Tweet This)
What will you do today to break down your fence? (Tweet This)
When you walk early while many in the rest of the world are still pajama-clad, you get to be in the silence. Even the few cars going by seemed hushed and in no particular rush.
So many things to get done, so many reasons not to. Little do I know that there are others up-and-about with the same idea.
As I'm walking anonymously down a main street, all of a sudden I see a face peering over my right shoulder. Eight feet up. Over the fence. Yikes!
He tells me that he aims to "take down this fence today before it falls down as it's been leaning for a week now". I don't tell him that I had just about jumped out of my running shoes.
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| Don't Fence Me In |
I hear the small bark of a small dog. He is being walked by his owner who is pulling her oxygen tank. They both walk slowly but they keep moving. I wonder what effort it must have taken to get her out this early morning. The dog's name is Max.
Then there is an ancient fellow, balancing two big bags of cans and bottles on his bicycle handlebars. He is well equipped with leather gloves and a plasticized apron. Good Morning! he says as he pedals away.
I pause at the intersection that has no cars, out of habit I guess. I sense a whizzing, as a woman wearing a blue helmet driving her electric scooter races past me. Her purple jacket and hood flowing behind her. I can only imagine how fast she must have travelled in her younger days.
And as I reach home as the sun bears down its heat on me, I am still picturing the flowers and the folks I met today who made it to the other side of the fence.
Keep looking for what's on the other side of the fence. (Tweet This)
What will you do today to break down your fence? (Tweet This)
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