Hello and welcome to Five Minutes in Nature with me Liz Scott and you join me on the 25th day of my pilgrimage as I walk the energy currents,
The Mary and Michael energy currents that track their way from Cornwall to Norfolk and I've just passed Mel's,
M-E-L-L-S and I'm following Mel's stream downstream in a wonderful valley with a woodland walk beside the river so the river is on my right hand side,
There's a soft earth path that's nice and springy underfoot and I've just paused by the river to admire the catkins that are hanging from the trees,
There's no wind here down here,
It's very sheltered and I'm just looking opposite,
There's a very sheer almost cliff face of a valley side coming down the other side,
You would have to climb that I think,
You could not walk down that,
It's very sheer and this is just a really lovely walk,
I've seen many dog walkers along here and people just out enjoying what is a beautiful,
Beautiful evening here in England and I've been reflecting on something which had me pause because one of the things I've realised on this walk,
I'm now into the fourth week of walking,
Is that my energy levels seem to go up and down,
I mean it sounds obvious doesn't it,
I was under the impression though that the more I walked the fitter I'd get and the easier it would become and that is true in parts,
There are days when I do feel very fit and I can keep walking and walking and walking but there are other days and today is one of those days which just feel quite hard work and I don't know if you've ever cycled a push bike with a tyre that's going flat but it's really,
Really hard work and it's been a bit like that walking today,
It's just felt like it's really,
Really hard work and I think what I'm beginning to realise is the rhythm of my body when it comes to walking is that it does have a bit of a wave of sometimes I feel fit and strong and can fly like the wind and other days I just feel sluggish,
That's a good way to put it,
Sluggish,
I don't feel unfit but everything just feels a bit heavy,
My legs feel heavy and everything just feels a little bit like hard work and so today I went to Mel's,
That was about eleven and a half miles into my walk and I had a little look around the graveyard and in the church,
It had this really fabulous feel to it the church,
I was again reflecting on what does it feel like and the bit that I came up with is have you ever worked with somebody who's a real like flap,
Who gets into a flap about everything and everything is a drama and a crisis and then contrast that with have you ever worked with somebody who is absolutely rock solid and you feel safe with and know that with that person by your side you're going to be okay,
You could deal with anything,
Well the latter,
That rock solidness is what the church felt like,
It really did,
It felt rock solid,
In the graveyard is the grave of Siegfried Sassoon who was a first world war poet quite well known in England and I just stopped and reflected on yes the life that he led,
He actually died in 1967 so he led a very long life but saw some extreme horrors in his life that he must have had a lifetime trying to find respite from the memories that he had of war and I think that seeing the grave and feeling the spiritual aspect of the church which has got the Michael energy current running through it,
Somehow and then walking along the water has somehow revived me and I feel really,
I feel really energised again and I guess my reflection today is just noticing those energy fluctuations,
Now I'm on a pilgrimage and I don't have to do much other than walk so I can notice things in a way that I don't in everyday living in life but I think what I'm hoping to take back into my regular life is just knowing that my energy levels will fluctuate up and down and there's nothing wrong in it and there's nothing I need to do about it,
It's just notice it and align myself with the energy levels that I have and feel,
It doesn't mean I don't do anything,
It just means as it has done today that I might take things a bit slower and then maybe I walk alongside the river and suddenly I perk up again and I go oh that's nice I've got a bit more energy again.
So today has been a reflection on just the ebb and flow of energy levels in me and I don't know if that helps you at all to reflect on the ebb and flow of your energy levels and just don't give yourself a hard time,
That's I guess the message I would love you to take from today.
