“Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing
and rightdoing there is a field.
I'll meet you there.”― Rumi
I’m on holiday this week at a cottage in the English Lake District I’ve been visiting for decades.
Each evening rain or shine I walk to the village. It’s a mile each way, give or take, but I can be out a couple of hours. I amble. I stop to watch the sheep, rabbits, and birds. And I think.
Over the years I’ve had many folk with me in my thoughts as I’ve walked the single track road to Great Musgrave. So many that long ago I named it Memory Lane. A very few have joined me on phone or video calls. It’s a joy to share special places with those close in heart if not always in miles.
Not all the memories are easy, but they all get to be here. Memory Lane can be a place of healing too. And there’s always room for more. As a friend said to me the other day, it’s good to make new memories. It can help cleanse us, move us forward. Sometimes it’s just nice to layer new memories on old.
So tonight, once again, I will walk the path I know so well. Maybe I’ll meet you there and we’ll make new memories together.
Whenever I get to walk with you anywhere, it's a great treat!
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