Walk

Todays photo was taken during a challenging walk. It was a walk that the majority of people would do without thinking about it. I had to walk from my photography class to my hairdressers and then home, a walk of about 1/2 a mile, but doing it on my own made it feel much much longer.

Before I had my first breakdown I regularly travelled on my own in the UK and abroad, and thought nothing of staying in New York or San Francisco on my own. But now even the thought of going out into my own backyard can make me feel sick with anxiety. So today really was a challenge. So I set off from my photography class camera in hand and mp3 player on.

Along the first part of my walk I came across this......

I love the fact that so many people walk past this daily but if I showed them this image they would not be able to say where I took it.

As I managed to grab the wrong mp3 player this morning so had a limited choice of music, I put the two Foo Fighters tracks that I had with me on and was interested to hear the following lyrics.

'To whom it my concern
I think I lost my walk
Getting good at starting over
Every time that I return.

I'm learning to walk again
I believe I've waited long enough
Where do I begin.'

Its surprising what can help you cope and get through a challenge. I wont pretend it was easy today, but I did it, hopefully next time it wont be quite so hard to do