Monday, April 9, 2012

Mundo ramble...

Walking toward Kaufman from Kemp I didn't notice the time fly by as I talked with people who stopped. Some were curious and had not seen or heard what I was doing. Some had followed my progress for days or longer, finally finding me and excitedly getting a picture with the World. A man who stopped with his family turned out to be a local police chief and emailed the officer on duty to get his supply bag and bring me a patch. He couldn't find one but came out to get a picture and read the message from his smart phone. He said he wondered what his boss had meant when he said "World Guy" but it wad obvious when he saw us on the road. He did have a department business card. I often ask for a patch when I speak to law enforcement. The thing is that I hadn't asked. I didn't know the man with his beautiful pink dressed girls and lovely wife was a cop or a king. He certainly had two little princesses. Not long after the visit from the officer a county sheriff stopped me, asked for my drivers license, quizzed me about the exact location of my van, it's color, model and year before pointing to the spot I was already stand on and asked me to wait "right here" while he ran my I.D.. Nice (he dog) stared longingly at the cool puddle just feet away, then at me, then at the puddle. I didn't bother to ask him for a patch when he returned my identification with a caution to keep the World out of the roadway. Where was he when I had to run those narrow bridges? A woman later stopped with one of her "many" daughters and two of her "many" granddaughters. She said as she labored to walk from her car "only for you" would she walk that far. As I explained my Movement-movement and message that walking can help to control diabetes her daughter pointed to her mother and egged me on to keep talking, I pressed that I had lost my mother and that being alive for your grand-kids is important. Her daughter beamed with smiles as I tossed out line after line that bounced off her mothers armor. A man stopped to see what I was doing, we talked for a long time as several other came and went before he revealed he had recently lost weight and gotten off of diabetes medications by going on-line and strictly following the diet of Edgar Cayce. No fried food, no refined sugar, high fructose corn syrup, white flour etc. He said the pounds fell away. By the time the clouds rolled in and I slipped under a steel carport for sale between a car lot and a church the day was spent. I had traveled just nine miles in eight hours. I received a text from the woman who had invited me to dinner the previous day. She was able to get through to that church and get permission for me to bring my van up and stay for the night. If not for the many people who stopped all day I would have been out in the rain. With the wind, gravity, barometric pressure, people, dogs, mud puddles and varied terrain I cannot really know how much time it may take to move the world. Everyday I find inspiration and hope to keep stepping out.

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5 comments:

rivaschapiz said...

...I AM ONE OF THE MANY DAUGHTERS...I APPRECIATE YOUR TALK WITH MY MOTHER...hope all is well with your journeys today...may god bless you and I'm goin to text my mother n tell her to get out n walk today...as I can't walk cuz I am travelin to GEORGIA...Thank you worldguy...when I get to georgia I'm a do the movement-movement n walk a few miles...

Carol Moseley said...

We just saw you and took pictures of you and your dog and globe. How can I share with you??? We did post them to Facebook!!! Have a safe trip

Anonymous said...

I saw you today on 175 leaving Kaufman headed towards Dallas! Your very strong!! What you do is amazing!!

Anonymous said...

Saw your world today at the dairy queen in crandall!!! I think what you are doing is amazing

Anonymous said...

I saw you on my way home yesterday and could kick myself for not stopping! You are truly inspiring. Hope the rest of your journey is comfortable and rewarding.