Here's Hoping

The last day of the week, and my hope is that next week will be undoubtedly better than the past week. There was a lot going on in the world, what with Charlie Sheen being so sought after for news worthy video and print, but there was also a great deal of stress going on in my own home.
So, last week, I put my hope in Walking. I walked my dog. I walked the mall. I just put on my tennis shoes and walked. As the sun rose early Saturday morning, I could see that there was still the beauty of a rising sun in each and every day. I think that I took for granted the beauty of the sunrise. But as I walked in the cold, as the temperatures dropped on Friday, back to the temperature of 31 degrees or lower, I was healing my brokenness during my walk.
Suffering from Arthritis for many years now, I not only walk for the joy of walking, but to give my body the opportunity to flow positive endorphins. I am very stiff, and the enduring cold from winter is not helping, but walking, even though it's cold gives me not only a way to drive the stress from my mind, but it also provides me the opportunity to see how the problems in my life that cause stress, can also be seen as opportunities for growth.
And as the stress flows through my fingertips into sky as I reach high, I know that a better way is going to see me through the day. All the issues that I started walking with dissipate into the concrete through my feet.
As I sit typing this morning, I see the sun coming just over the horizon through my window; I will acknowledge it's beauty and walk in newness today. For there is always hope.