Weekend... Walk it off.

Walk it off. A term we often use with our three kiddos, usually after someone has bonked heads with one of their siblings.

This weekend, we are going to follow a suggestion by artist, mother and creativity enthusiast Keri Smith who recently challenged the readers of her blog, (http://www.kerismith.com/) to Join the Slow Foot Movement.

Ms. Smith, author of Wreck This Journal, This is Not a Book, How to be an Explorer of the World and many other "get your motor running" books, has recently been encouraging her readers to slow down and treasure the moments of life. She has been learning this from experience, while trying to maintain her own simplicity and sanity while raising her own little ones!

Things look different on a walk. When I walk the path I normally drive or ride my bike to work, I find that the colors are more vivid, the details of life are more striking. Looks like a great weekend to walk to church. Pack a bag the night before and just make it happen.

Link of the day...
http://www.kerismith.com/ - Creative kickstarters for the mind, body and soul

Quote of the day...
Also taken from Ms. Smith's blog:

"Walking induces a trance like state that allows the mind freedom and ease and encourages exploration of odd possibilities and improbable connections."
-Annie Proulx, from Bird Cloud pg 194-95

Bible verse of the day...
"When day came, Jesus left and went to a secluded place; and the crowds were searching for Him, and came to Him and tried to keep Him from going away from them." Luke 4:42

Drawing by Keri Smith, used by kind permission of the author. Thanks Keri!