Wellness Walks: Keswick

A l-o-n-g drive today: Home-Kendal-Millom-Keswick-Millom-Kendal-Home. Phew.

But a little bit of everything Wellness Walks are about. 3 new participants being brave enough to sign up and turn up. A couple of limited mobility individuals got a tour through the heart of the Lakes and made it as far as the stone circle. There were tears, but the good kind. The word inspired got used a lot.
We dropped them at a cafe and drove on to park at Great Wood. 
The regulars walked in to town, stopping by the lake for a picnic. Some tough conversations, but problems and worries shared are always a little lighter afterwards.
Some stayed at the cafe to be socialble and a couple speed-walked back with me to get the steps in. Yeay.

Philosophy Friday 
(paraphrased from today's chat)

When you're struggling, feel down, don't know what to do then you need to learn to see the wins where they really are. Ignore what you've always been told means success, makes a winner. You've been focusing on the wrong goal.

Its not crossing the finishing line that matters most - it's being brave enough to put yourself on the starting line - that's where success really begins. Everything after that is a bonus.