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Mile 1,006.  Tortoise had a nice Christmas afternoon walk with Darin, Chloe, Abigail, and Nathan through their neighborhood.  For pictures, today's walking thought (again today by Thomas Monson), and more, please click below to continue reading ...

Cheerio!

Today's walk was 3.51 miles, with 25 feet climbed in 58:40 minutes, giving it an average 6.9 tortoise rating. 527 calories were burned on this walk.  

My walking map provider, www.mapmyfitness.com, has changed formats recently and the maps haven't transferred to this blog as well since.  Instead of embedding the map, let's try this link and see if that works better for you to see where Lou walked today:

http://www.mapmyfitness.com/routes/view/601609212

Here are the overall stats so far for 2014:

1,006.75 miles walked, which is 100.57% of my 2014 goal.

315:30:44 hours walked, which is 100.80% of my 2014 goal (which was to walk 1 hour a day each day for 313 days)

48,640 total feet climbed 

159,520 calories burned
98.40% of the year has passed

I've walked 3 consecutive non-Sundays since my last missed day on December 23, and overall have walked on 293 of the 308 non-Sundays thus far in 2014, a 95.13% consistency rating.

The purpose of the percentages is to have a higher percentage of distance and time walked than of the year. This tells Tortoise that he is on track. Yes, this is more numbers than you are likely interested in, all Tortoise can say is he's really good at setting high goals and having them slip away because he doesn't do them every, every day.  (If you doubt this, compare Tortoise's 2013 walking record with 2014)

And now for today's walking thought, initially presented in April 1994 ...

"World peace, though a lofty goal, is but an outgrowth of the personal peace each individual seeks to attain. I speak not of the peace promoted by man, but peace as promised of God. I speak of peace in our homes, peace in our hearts, even peace in our lives. Peace after the way of man is perishable. Peace after the manner of God will prevail.

"We are reminded that 'anger doesn’t solve anything. It builds nothing, but it can destroy everything.' The consequences of conflict are so devastating that we yearn for guidance—even a way to insure our success as we seek the path to peace. What is the way to obtain such a universal blessing? Are there prerequisites? Let us remember that to obtain God’s blessings, one must do God’s bidding. May I suggest three ideas to prompt our thinking and guide our footsteps:

1. 1. 
   Search inward;
2. 2. 
   Reach outward; and
3. 3. 
   Look heavenward."
4. To watch, listen to, or read this message in full, please visit https://www.lds.org/general-conference/1994/04/the-path-to-peace?lang=eng #ShareGoodness
5. The tortoise is smiling!