That's the question I pose every day during my lunchtime walk. What exactly is lurking in those woods? As you can see from the picture, there isn't much to see at all. These woods are dense and overgrown.
I take a walk each day to get me away from the computer - otherwise my eyes go crazy. The route I take winds around the back of the building where I work, along a back road that is lined with forest and a few other small businesses.
These walks involve me, my tennis shoes, cell phone calls to family and friends, much-needed breaths of fresh Durham air, and my mind focused on counting my blessings. But occasionally as I inhale the Durham air, I catch a whiff of something not so pleasant - foul even. It is in these moments that I wonder, what is in these woods? Quite possibly someone dumped their trash beyond the edge of the forest. Quite possibly a wild animal has ended its cycle of life. But, I always - if only for a mere moment - allow myself to believe that there might be a dead human body tucked away back in those woods.
See, this is what happens when you walk alone and have too much time to think. You come up with crazy schemes about people dumping bodies among the trees.
1 comments:
If you ever watch the news that is not a far fetched thought...I also think that your use of the 20 mins, calls and thankful prayer, are really as beneficial as the walk, breathing and escape from the ...computer...I love you
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