11.26.2025 | Ordinary Wednesday

​Feeling Down? Take a Walk.
 
I feel like so many of us are carrying the burdens of the world right now. There is so much happening, and some of it is simply horrifying. The hardest part is realizing how little we can actually change. At the end of the day, the only person I can truly change is the one staring back at me in the mirror.
 
I’m just an old gardener, but I’ve discovered one small thing that helps: when I feel myself getting overwhelmed and down, I take a walk.
 
It helps that I have an angel wrapped in fur who insists we get out every day for a neighborhood check‑in. Lately, it’s been multiple times a day. Not for very long, just enough time for the old person to clear her head and the pupper to check on her constituents. I’m convinced this little doodle girl believes she is the Mayor of Carondelet.
 
The holidays can be full of festivities and joy, but for some of us, they also carry a quiet ache. I’m one of those people who tends to get a bit blue this time of year. That’s why I’m so grateful for the love of Dr. B and her steady, eternal optimism. And I’m grateful for the furball who doesn’t give me the choice of staying stuck inside my head, she pulls me outside and onto my feet.
 
Walk those blues away.
 
Pray.
 
Ponder.
 
Putter.
 
And remember sometimes the holiest thing we can do is just keep walking.
 
“Cast all your anxiety on Him because He cares for you.”
— 1 Peter 5:7