Day Two - The Sabbath

I did it.  One mile.  At first it was a struggle to get started.  The treadmill would not turn on.  I won't say it was due to the lack of use, but it started working after my son brought out his drill and helped me remove the back panel and we vacuumed it out and tightened all the things that needed tightening. 

My thoughts:  guilt.  It's the Sabbath.  Maybe I shouldn't be doing this on the Sabbath.  I should amend my commitment to rest on the Sabbath. 

There's the one of me that says:  Do you feel right with walking for a mile on the Sabbath?  You take walks all the time with your family in better weather.  Right now it is 12 degrees outside and I am doing this with my family.  My son, Walter, is currently on the treadmill  with Octopus and Liz both waiting their turns.  We are spending family time together. 

There's the other side of me that says:  You really should rest on the Sabbath and not do any work.

The one side:  But this is not work.  Walking is restful to me.

And back and forth it goes.  Why do we heap so much guilt on ourselves for doing good things?  Don't you walk to and from church or to see a neighbor, or visit the sick?  Should we not love ourselves.  So I shall and leave the guilt behind.  I do not feel evil walking a mile on the Sabbath.

Quite the opposite...

I will love myself enough to walk to a better me. 
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