Hello and welcome to Five Minutes in Nature with me,
Liz Scott,
And you find me beside the banks of the River X,
Not far from a place called Bickley Mill.
I'm on the 17th day of my pilgrimage and my walk finishes in about three miles at a place called Tiverton,
And the walk from where I am now up to Tiverton follows the X,
And I just wanted a pause because as I reached the River X,
I just felt everything in me go,
Ah,
Do you know that feeling?
Today has been one of those days that's been a little bit,
A bit rushed,
A bit,
A bit bitty.
I started the walk quite late because we needed to juggle cars around and the campsite was quite a way away from where we needed to travel to.
So we started our usual time leaving the campsite but it was a late start to the walk.
And I remember getting out of the car and feeling a little bit like,
Oh,
Have I forgotten something?
The morning had been me rushing around trying to get the van ready to move.
I would start one job,
See another task I needed to do,
Leave the job I was doing,
Start that other job,
Then see something else that needed to be doing.
So I just felt like I was moving from one task to another without really ever finishing anything off properly.
And then when I got out of the car to start walking,
Ah,
The straps of my bags were twisted and I just felt like I hadn't tucked myself in and everything just felt a little bit not quite right.
It was rushed.
And it's been a slow day.
The Michael current,
I'm following the Michael and Mary energy currents across England and today it took me quite a few miles before I found the spot for the Michael energy current at a place called Cadbury Castle and then went down to Cadbury Church where the Michael current also passes through.
It's just felt a little bit bitty,
A bit pushed,
Like I'm pushing myself onwards.
I got to Bickley Mill and noticed that I had a knot in the back of my neck and,
And there's a part of me,
Which is the usual habitual part of me,
Which was,
Come on,
It's only three and a half miles to go.
Keep going.
You're nearly there.
And then I'm learning so well on this pilgrimage to listen into that other part of me,
That deeper wisdom.
And that deeper wisdom just nudged me to take off my rucksack,
Take off my bags and give myself a stretch and just stop for three minutes,
Have a sip of water and then get back into the stride of life again.
And as I came from Bickley Mill and then caught sight of the River X,
That's when I went,
Slow down.
So yesterday I felt blissed out in a way.
I felt in tune with nature.
I felt as though I had an incredibly spiritual day of walking.
Today I feel weary.
I feel a little bit agitated and I feel as though I'm in a different headspace.
And it's okay.
I'm not going to give myself a hard time.
One is not better than the other.
They're just different.
They're just different.
And today,
Once again,
Which is my little mantra and I'm sure I'll come up against it time and time again on this pilgrimage,
Is slow down.
Slow down.
Breathe in.
Relax.
Give yourself time to stretch.
What I'm doing now is I'm breathing in this rather cool breeze.
It's been a cool breeze that I've been walking into pretty much all day.
And I'm just breathing it in,
Allowing it to be.
I'm just listening to the water.
This is a very special moment that I'm sharing with you.
It's taken all day for me to get to this space of allowing,
Accepting,
Slowing down,
Observing,
Being present.
But I'm here.
I'm here.
So today is just about be kind to yourself.
Be kind to yourself.
There'll be days where you feel relaxed and grounded and present.
And there are days when you'll feel agitated and a bit out of sorts.
They're both fine.
They're both fine.
