Listening to the Spirit

Mon. Aug 13, 2012

Today would normally be the horrid Day 4 after chemo, but not today! Since I didn’t have chemo last Friday, I was really wanting to go out and go walking in the neighborhood for exercise. My feet are still pretty sore from the neuropathy, but I took some Tylenol and then cleaned the kitchen waiting for the medicine to kick in. I saw people running outside and walking their pets. I even saw my favorite visiting teacher run by and I just wished that I had someone to walk with. My daughter had been up late watching a meteor shower and I didn't have the heart to wake her early, but I felt sad that I wasn’t out among the movers and shakers this morning.

And then it happened, just as I resolved myself to doing laundry, my phone rang. It was my cute visiting teacher who had just gotten home from her fun and felt impressed to give me a call and see if I wanted to go for a walk. I was stunned! “Yes!” She told me to get ready and she’d be by in 10 minutes to take me for a walk. We were only gone about 25 minutes, but it was so wonderful to get out in the fresh air and move my body! I loved chatting with her and waving to neighbors that drove by. We stopped to feed the horses on the way back. When I finally got home, I was thrilled to have broken a sweat and earned a shower! I am so grateful for my friend listening to the spirit and giving me a call to go on a simple walk. It meant the world to me. I know Heavenly Father knows who I am and that he is aware of even my smallest desires. I am so grateful that my friend lives her life in a way that she can listen to the promptings of the Spirit and acts on them. In so doing, she blessed my life today for which I am deeply grateful!