Explaining the Title

There is a saying, "Just take it in stride."

I imagine someone who feels pretty good about their life, walking down the street.
They always walk down that one street, but it is a daily routine for them.
They are smiling, and finding joy in little things as they pass by.
Cars, glimpses of faces they see in windows, nature.
Sometimes they trip on their routine walk.
Sometimes they are pushed out of the way.

But they keep going.

They don't stop in the middle of the sidewalk block and decide to go home for the day.
They keep going.
Taking the good with the bad with each stride.
They know no one can stop them from coming every day.
They know they can make the journey.
They take confidence in their stride.
They know where they are going.

I want to be that person.
Right now, I am just an observer.
But I am going to change that.