Gleanings from 'How to Walk'

By Thich Nhat Hanh

  Wok, wake, whack, wick, week, Herman Wouk 

  Walk, wok, Mil-wauk-ee

  Tick tock, tiktok, and Thich talk

  Nhat, not, knot, -naut

  Hanh, Han, Hon(da)

  Wa king, baby goes waaah; way king

  Med te (tea), shun

  BMW, breath -meditate, mindfulness, math- walk

op, own pace;  “stop running the useless race”

Surf the urf, birth and death, it is good

Head in clouds, feet solidly on Earth

Tag you’re it: thanks appreciation gratitude, 

   aware of being alive, the miracle of being alive

Earth is heaven, you’ve Already Arrived, baby steps (eh, AA, bs)

    Bible study, supreme being, bullshit, beauty and serenity, steps/breath

    SD into the HAN, sink deeply into hear and nao

Solid like Akasha and Enkil (kasha food, ankle), bone/rigor mortis

   Count steps, breaths; counters and countries

    swole like an engorged Thich

3rd rock from the sun, cement concrete asphalt pavement

Sol ID, sun/son, identity (silence of lambs, statue of liberty)

   Soul identity, Earth is a place in space, our sole purpose

The present is pre-sent, aim: to arrive in the moment, peace + serenity

HAN, here and now, heal and nourish, life is a precious miracle

   PM, present moment (gift from mom!), practice meditation, mindfulness

   Chinese nights, knights, evenings (han pm) (han are 92% of china)

   Enjoy every step! Like it, love it (same for sitting), increase the peace

Have fun, play, joy of discovery, disco, dance, minister of silly walks

Discover each moment, enjoy walking (elizabeth warren democrat)

Give a little (like when you walk on the earth), service

meditations, reveries, stories, instruction, speech, writings

breathing, sitting, walking with mindfulness, concentration, insight

Peace, love, and happiness, joy, bliss, harmony, sovereignty, freedom

    equanimity, compassion, contentment, abiding calm, stillness

    Gratitude for every breath, air, oxygen, life, pleasantness

Arrive with every step (awes! Oz?), soft-spoken, super-strength, sacred space

    steps, stairs, stability, strength, solidity (and the still suffering)

Mother Nature (the moment is our true home), Mother Earth, birth/adoptive

The Big N: Nirvana, N-lightenment, our Nature, Now

vibes reverberate, what we say and do, thoughts words actions

Sure pleasure, ATT all the time, JEW just enjoy walking, RR respect reverence

ELF, everyone lives forever, energy love fun, excitement laughter feeling

FDC, FDIC: final destination is the cemetary; FDA (food, drink, air)

pims, peace in each moment,

Go Slow - Belize motto, vs. NYC (and Russia?), running (for office, say)

McD, mindfulness concentration smile, what goes up MCD; cultivate (V8!)

DC, sometimes difficult and contentious, challenging 

Cultivating your cult, harmonize your intentions with actions, self with others

joy isn’t always just spontaneous, requires practice, repetition

Gratitude by way of contrast: not homeless, in quicksand, dead..

   Or in the far reaches of cold, dark, inhospitable outer space

Insight, inside yourself, inside rooms/buildings/cells, into others

    apb, appreciate the peace and beauty (in the spacetime of here-now)

    Pd, practice and determination, buddha dharma sangha

    The past is a prison

     No Fear

Internal diagnostic, like star trek’s data + external SSTTH

    See, hear, smell, taste, touch (sensei senses)

        C/sea/si, early, Mel, ouch;  inhale/exhale, internal/external

AHA! alive, happy, awake; part of Nature (rain, plants, trees, oxygen)

  alive, awake, aware, happy, healthy, here (and At Home Anywhere)

Unpleasant, continuing destruction, anger, fear, agitation, anxiety, sorrow

  hurt, curse, cry, terror, sadness, worries, despair, discontent, suffering, dukkha

BM, body and mind, PP, power and potential

POE, peace on earth, and goodwill toward men (and women, boys, girls)

Transform where you are walking into Paradise

Act of walking, with mindful steps, waters the seeds of peace inside us

grounded, peace, piece, pieces, RIP, xx, dead

Ancestors are animals, plants, minerals (map!)

FB, Facebook and the feet of the Buddha, shoes to fill

IOS, inner/outer smile

A long walk (time, distance)

Walk for self, others; those in past, future; alive and dead;

   With brain and heart, from dust to dust

Walking home, come home to yourself (like a turtle!)

Paradise is all around you, right under your feet, and within

   Be yourself, do what comes naturally, what makes you happy

god, go out doors;  breath is chemical exchange with plants

   integrated with, dependent on nature; not separate

anyone, anywhere can make steps in awareness, toward liberty, freedom

  In no rush, no hurry, not a race: slow, relaxed, and calm

steps, stepping stones, steppes, 12 step program, 

   and stopping/steep, church steeples (capitol hill, city hall)

Get high, climb, ascend, (altitude, hierarchy, out of bed, foot with each step, over the hill)

Steps and pets, ups and downs, coming and going, gains and loss

The beautiful path (war is ugly), mom gives milk, bandaids, kisses

I dwell in the ultimate (the most, the last)

christ's chrucifiction on the chross

integrity, walk what you talk, practice what you peach

for me, less/no meat:  lesson!

     sole porpoise, ha (a wish for fish on my dish), mission: nutrition

inquiry into Incan and Inkatha ink (Tatts)

ink: kink, sink, drink, think, stink, link, pink, mink, rink, blink, wink, zinc

binky, dinky toys, stu finkel, tinker toys