Terrie WurzbacherDaily Gratitude – Terrie Wurzbacher https://terriewurzbacher.com Author and Ultrawalker Sun, 19 Apr 2026 09:04:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 183146313 Daily Gratitude https://terriewurzbacher.com/2025/09/26/daily-gratitude-441/ https://terriewurzbacher.com/2025/09/26/daily-gratitude-441/#respond Fri, 26 Sep 2025 09:06:01 +0000 Terrie Wurzbacher https://terriewurzbacher.com/2025/09/26/daily-gratitude-441/ Daily Gratitude: You can imagine how this struck me when I saw it on Pam’s Facebook page. Why? Because I love to walk. And many of my thoughts and ideas have become more defined while walking. I’m slow and unless I’m in a race it doesn’t bother me. Why? Because I see so much and can marvel at nature. The other day I saw the most astounding thing I’d seen in a long time. Don’t get excited- I’m sure you’ll think “geez, you need to get a life Terrie!” I had just been to the botanical gardens with a friend who is brilliant (not just with flowers and plants but in life). She was telling me this and that and part of my brain was trying to remember what she was saying but another part was trying to find the perfect photo. When I got home I decided to go for a long walk (for me right now 7 miles is long) so I headed out on our greenway path. I passed a section that had lots of white flowers blooming. It was beautiful and I don’t remember that many of them being “out” at one time. The next morning I had to walk early and as I passed the same section they appeared to have died. I was bummed out that they had only lasted one day (notice the self-centered aspect here – I had only been back out on that trail for one day so I automatically thought the flowers were only blooming that day. They might have been out for a week for all I knew). I continued on and on my way back 2 hours later they were all blooming AGAIN. wow. “Had new ones shown up or were these the same ones that had maybe hunkered down for the night only to show back up in the sunlight the next day?” I had never noticed this before – my awareness hadn’t been honed in on that phenomenon. why did I notice it then? Because my brain (specifically my RAS, reticular activating system) had been stimulated. I bet you’re yawning right now wondering what that has to do with anything. It has to do with priming the pump. If you have an issue (not necessarily a problem but it can be; or it can be an idea rolling around in your head), think about it for a few minutes before you leave for your walk. This will get the RAS going and you’ll be surprised at what will surface during your walk. Take the time to prime the pump just like I did (unknowingly) by going to the botanical gardens before my walk. See what issues you can solve and what ideas you can come up with. Let us know.

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