Learn how to walk.
Learn it again.
Do it by forgetting what you already know.
Begin your walk at your favorite place.
Choose it by intuition.
Begin only after you come to a full stop.
Look around you.
Some paths are calling for you,
some leave you indifferent.
Follow your heart.
Be faithful to your feelings.
Examine.
A small unnoticeable path may lead you to a beautiful garden.
Make a wish.
Wait until it is fulfilled.
Never doubt that it will get fulfilled.
Cause then, it won't.
Walk slowly.
Whenever you need to stop, stop.
Whenever you walk too fast, also stop.
Then take a deep breath.
Look around you.
Then walk again.
Do not start if you don't remain first in silence.
Silence improves your ability to hear.
Avoid the noise and..
Walk slowly.
Watch the people.
Find and stare into the true faces.
They might stare back at you because you are true too.
But most probably they won't notice you.
Because they look into themselves.
And this is why they are true.
They are a few.
Ignore the lost souls.
They will look at you but soon,
they will look away.
Because they are only looking around.
They are many.
Walk slowly.
Go through the market.
Observe the goods.
Stop at the ones that draw your attention.
Try to find their value.
Buy them at par, knowing their par value.
When you like something try to acquire it.
Many times the cost of it is high.
But the higher cost of not paying for it,
is to think about it for the rest of your journey.
The worst thing you can do is to acquire something similar.
This similar will never be it,
and this will give you a reason to think about it as long as you hold this.
If you did so, discard this.
If you missed the opportunity to get it then think away.
As long as you think about it,
your walk will be miserable
you will try to walk fast
and you will oversee other very interesting goods.
Once not acquired it can only hurt you.
Trying to forget it will only keep your thought pegged to it.
Stop and take a deep breath.
Cry if you feel like.
Scream.
Walk slowly and look around.
Then you will forget it.
Never fear when walking.
Negative things can only happen to you
if you fear them or
if you feel miserable.
Once you spoil yourself with miserable thoughts stop.
Clean yourself, then continue.
Never walk dirty.
Walk clean, and..
Walk slowly.
Never think of what you have to do next.
It will only make you walk faster.
If you are under time pressure,
terminate your walk.
Even if you have not reached somewhere.
Know one thing:
There is no time.
Time is an invention of man.
It serves very well for people to communicate and meet.
But once you put time to guide your walk,
it destroys it.
Never estimate when you will reach your destination.
Your destination will be reached only after a series of events,
not after a certain time.
Constraining your destination with time can only make you not reach it.
Walk slowly.
Don't ever choose a similar goal.
This will never replace your destination.
If you haven't reached your destination then this could mean that
you walked fast and skipped the events.
If so, then you have to go back.
If not, then maybe your destination is not it.
You cannot know your true destination in advance.
You will only know it once you reach it.
Your destination is your destiny and you will reach it if you don't impede it.
Don't get frustrated, it will only delay your walk.
Always pay the cost and most important:
Don't acquire substitutes.
Walk slowly.
If your walk becomes unpleasant,
don't try to walk away from it.
You have to go through it.
Don't walk faster.
But look away.
There is something there in the background that looks pleasant.
Look to it and head there but always..
Walk slowly.
Don't be afraid to walk into paths that you don't know
or you are not supposed to trespass.
Unless you are told otherwise, you are supposed to.
But respect your obstacles.
If you are prohibited to enter a path, then this path is not for you.
And thus it does not lead you to your True Destination.
Even if it does, then this is not the only one.
Whatever is there for you is open and welcome.
Whatever is not for you is full of obstacles.
Do not follow it.
Then keep in silence.
And listen to the signals.
They are there to help you.
And continue to..
Walk slowly.
And if the time comes to rain,
let it rain.
Stop your walk, you can resume later.
Now try to protect yourself.
You can walk in the storm or in the sunshine.
Depending on how brave you are, it is your decision.
If you know your power, you know what to do.
Respect yourself and respect the power of God.
And when the rain stops, continue to..
Walk slowly.
Dream.
You only need to know what makes you happy.
And be patient for it.
And pay the cost of it.
And not accept substitutes.
And so, walking slowly, you will find that your dream is there,
waiting for you, and staring at you, waiting for you to acquire it.
In fact it was always there waiting for you.
You were just not noticing it or
you were not brave enough to ask for it.
Sometimes man is brave enough to go through the storm,
but not brave enough to go for their dream.
And they accept substitutes.
And they walk faster.
Never accept substitutes, and..
Walk slowly.
And when your walk reaches its end,
realize it and accept it.
Be grateful if you liked it, be thoughtful if not.
Sometimes you reach your destination, sometimes no.
In case you reach it, don't feel disappointed,
if it doesn't meet your expectations.
This destination led you to a wonderful walk
and this was its purpose.
In case you don't reach it, don't feel disappointed either.
Because with every walk you reach somewhere.
And this somewhere is indeed a destination.
A destination that has moved you forward.
Closer to your dream.
Closer to your True Destination.
Closer to your destiny.
And will lead you to the next walk.
Because every walk
is part of the walk of life.
----
天 使 (tian shi)
written in 2008 on a daytime walk on the marvelous streets of The Rocks, Sydney.
