Take a walk

It's kind of weird that I often stay late in the office (sometimes as late as 11 PM) just so that when I walk home the streets are empty, the breeze is cool, and the surroundings are quiet. Yeah, I have to wait a good number of hours before the clock strikes 11 and I can do my reflective walk home. A long wait for the five-minute walk that is the office-to-home. And in those short walks I can think of a lot of things to write in this blog. But when I reach home, I forget all about them. Tragic.

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Sometimes, I just want time to myself and do nothing but reflect or meditate. Not to gain newfound knowledge or come up with groundbreaking realizations. No, not for them. I just want to stop being busy and sit down or lie down and relax and think. I find this hard to do at home. I'm bound to be interrupted. And there's no bummer like the bummer of being interrupted in the middle of a reflection. :-) It's also hard to do this at the park in our barangay. It's too darn hot during the day and there's no covered benches or anything and it's too dark in the evening. But you know what? I think I found the perfect place and perfect time to do this sit-and-think stuff. And it's near our house. It's the office on Sundays. Yup. I once went to the office on Sunday to rearrange or reorganize my cubicle. But instead of doing so, I ended up playing easy listening type of music and just sat back and thought about stuff. Nobody else was there to disturb me or distract me. I was alone. I was in a secluded place. I was in a cool place. It was very peaceful. And I walked away from there feeling refreshed and ready to take on a new week of work.