And here is another thing I have learned: God is with me on my walks and through the whole walk of life. I do try to make my walks a time of prayer, walking with God, as I would walk with a friend. I follow the early Christian practice and take a "word," a phrase or sentence, from my daily lectio and quietly repeat it. One day the word I had chosen was from our Lord's heart-to-heart talk with us at the Last Supper: "I am the Way." As I quietly repeated the word I suddenly realized that I was not just walking along this road. I was walking in the Way. That every step I take is in the Way, in the Lord Jesus, and is on the way, the way to eternal life. Since then my walking has been different, so much more significant.

M. Basil Pennington, Listening: God's Word for Today