Walking a Labyrinth

Hello, I hope you had a wonderful week.

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I’ve been taking advantage of the beautiful weather… working around the garden…& walking the beaches. I think you will enjoy today’s post… 🐝 especially if you can’t walk the beach each day. Today you will get a little sand between your toes, and a little beach in your heart.

perhaps even walk away with a little beach philosophy for everyday life🐳

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Walking a Labyrinth

by

Marcia Ren

Published July 2016

 

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Denny Dyke creates labyrinths…

and…

he is very good at it.🐠

 

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🐟No doubt in my mind this guy is talented.🐡

 

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I introduced myself mentioning I was a newbie to the Oregon coast…write a blog and was interested in learning a little about him. He was extremely helpful with sharing about himself.

 

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Two things I’ll share…

First, he’s from California. (grin)

Second…

(and I must admit most amazing)

is that he mentioned that he never knows what he’s going to create.

 

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He just begins.

 

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And, on the 4th of July Denny drew his longest labyrinth here on the Oregon coast.🐬

 

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I made sure to get up early to watch as he drew…

and his groomers groomed.

 

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I’ve walked a labyrinth several times before when I lived in California.

 

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However…

I’ve never been fortunate enough to watch as one was being created.

 

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Perhaps…

you have experienced a labyrinth walk before…

 

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A labyrinth is not a maze or a puzzle to be solved but a path of meaning to be experienced.

 

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It’s path is circular…

often convoluted…

and never has a dead end.

 

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An interesting thing about a labyrinth…

is that they have only one entrance…

one way in and one way out.🐠

 

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As you walk the path you go around short curves…

and long curves…

sometimes you find yourself on the inner edge…

other times you will circle around the center.

 

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You can’t get lost during a labyrinth walk…

however…

very frequently you experience the feeling of not quite knowing where you are going.

 

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As I was walking…

I often moved with ease…

and felt confidant as I moved forward.

 

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And, then there were other times…

when the path seemed a little blurred…

and I found myself moving more cautiously.

 

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Occasionally I needed to stop, reflect, and allow others to go ahead. By the time I approached it’s center I realized that the walk had taken me through all sorts of twists, and turns.

 

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Sometimes I shared my path with another…

and other times…

I had been walking alone🐡

 

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At the heart of my walk I experienced life in it’s richest form. An experience which that often at times what appears to be an ending point, is often only the beginning of another.

Happy beginning to a great weekend. ..

I’ll be in the garden🐝
Marcia
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3 Responses to Walking a Labyrinth

  1. Joe Kuehner says:

    Thank you for such a beautiful post and your reflections are inspirational!

  2. Jenny Bonynge says:

    A meditative experience…

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