Day 04 - A Lesson In Slowing Down - March 17

It's the fourth day of Liz's pilgrimage along the Mary and Michael energy lines in England. After a long day of rushing and walking too far, exhaustion sets in. She realizes this isn't how she wants to experience the journey—there’s a lesson to be learned. This moment serves as a reminder to slow down, be present, and fully appreciate the spiritual path she’s on.

Transcript

Hello and welcome to five minutes in nature with me Liz Scott and it's a very frosty misty cold morning where I've woken up not far from Truro in Cornwall and I'm reporting back on day four of my walk I'm actually recording this a day late I usually record either during the day or at the end of the day but as you know I'm on a pilgrimage walking from the southwest of England to the northeast of England and following the Mary and Michael energy currents and yesterday oh my goodness yesterday feels like a day I want to forget I ended up with a flat tire at the end of the evening trying to get home it was late anyway I'd been rushing for the last hour of the walk trying to beat darkness knowing that it's not safe to walk on these lanes at night because cars can come quite fast and the whole day just felt a bit discombobulated from beginning to end I never really got into a rhythm and it's interesting isn't it because you'd kind of imagine that by day four or on day four I'd be really settling down and getting calmer and and really enjoying the pace of life the slow pace of life and you can't ever in life predict the way you're going to feel because although the sun was shining it was a beautiful day it was perfect walking weather the scenery was extraordinary all through the day I just felt like I was behind I was running behind I was slow I needed to pick up the pace and I do habitually have a habit of doing that I don't know if you do where I'm forever looking at the next thing looking at the next mile so instead of it being a day of really enjoying and savoring and relishing the moments it felt like it was a day of frustration and being thwarted there were things I wanted to visit and I couldn't because the access points had been fenced off there were footpaths that I wanted to go along one of them was completely overgrown so I needed to take a mile detour another footpath just dissolved into brambles and boggy water and it just took me an hour to walk what should have been 10 minutes and so the whole day just felt like thing after thing after thing that was getting in the way of me having a good day does that ring a bell with you it's what does that happen to you for sure I realize that slowing down and savoring is the message I'm taking from yesterday the importance for me and I'm going to ask you to reflect on this too really is that if you find yourself in life in a bit of a hurry up mode like wanting to get to the end of breakfast so that you can get on to work and you get to work you want to get on to your lunch break and when you're at lunch break you're looking to the end of the day and when you're in the day you're looking to your evening meal and then when you're eating your evening meal you're looking to what you're gonna watch on on TV your whole day is spent looking at the next thing that you're going to do rather than enjoying what you're doing so I really learned that yesterday that doesn't mean that I won't fall into that trap again I saw it really clearly if the Mary energy is trying to teach me anything I think she's kind of smiling and laughing a little bit and just saying slow down slow down just be present to what is going on around you and I think yesterday as well I probably walked a bit further than I should have in the time I had available and that's a good lesson to again you know sometimes I cram too much into my day and it means I don't really enjoy any of it so let's see how I get on today I'm kind of glad yesterday is over with it's meant to be a nice day today we're at the campsite but it's very misty and I'm really hoping the mist will eventually lift but if it doesn't that's again it's just like I can just be with the mist so today for me slow down be present enjoy savor even if it's even if things don't go the way I want them to just be alive and open to taking one step at a time and enjoying the present moment

Reviews

Another gem in this series. Simple lessons told in a memorable, relatable way.

Thankyou Liz.
Yes I can relate to those days of everything being topsy turvy.
A good message also in the path being blocked by the brambles and boggy water.
Thankyou for the reminder to stay in the present moment.
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How I enjoyed this recording of you! 😄
I can so relate! But I have learned from you the power of slowing down after I did your course about stillness and simplicity. And that changed my life! Enjoy your day of slowing down!❤️