Stetson Walk with Purpose

Meet any or every Tuesday or Thursday 7:30-8:30 AM for a purposeful walk from the end of Stetson Shrine Lane Norwell to the Stetson Meadows, around the 'River Loop' trail, and back. About 2 miles, usually 50-55 minutes. Maybe an hour.

We'll post a recommended topic here (and at the end of the Lane) for each day. Walk with purpose. Listen to understand. Speak to be heard. Add your perspective to this thoughtful group.

August’s provocations:

Tuesday August 4	What early childhood memory made you realize the world was bigger or more complex than you thought?
Thursday August 6	How has a major surprise or unexpected turn in your life shifted what you believe is possible?
Tuesday August 11	When did a painful or difficult event change how you view safety and fairness in life?
Thursday August 13	Who is a person you met who completely challenged your assumptions about how people work?
Tuesday August 18	If aliens aren’t real, how would you argue against their existence?
Thursday August 20	If you could choose to be any animal, what animal would you choose to be?
Tuesday August 25	If you could have the credit for creating any piece of art, which would you choose?
Thursday August 27	What superpower would you choose if you could develop one?

Specialization has lost its value.   Today, it’s free, right on your phone.  Today’s value comes from the conscious structure built from exposure to many disparate domains: tech (to keep up), art (to recognize beauty), great literature (to understand humanity), people (to mentor and lead), the divine (for purpose), and many others.  Add adaptability to include new life experiences, always evolving into a coherent view of the world as it truly is, and now you have something of value.

July topics

Thursday July 2	What is the no, or the refusal to an objective or goal, that you are postponing?
Tuesday July 7	What question can’t you seem to find the answer to?
Thursday July 9	How do you want to redefine your identity and purpose once your current (career) role fades?
Tuesday July 14	Which relationships do you want to invest the most in today? How will you show up differently?
Thursday July 16	What has become clearer to you as you have aged?
Tuesday July 21	What fears or uncertainties about retirement feel most present right now?
Thursday July 23	How do you balance freedom with structure in your weekly schedule?
Tuesday July 28	How or where do you hope to contribute, give back: mentoring, volunteering, creative work?
Thursday July 30	What is one experiment you will try in the next 60 days to test a current life rhythm?

June lineup:

Tuesday June 2	If you die tonight, what would you regret not doing?
Thursday June 4	What routines or practices support your physical and mental health?
Tuesday June 9	Have you ever been solitary without feeling lonely?
Thursday June 11	What question can’t you seem to find the answer to?
Tuesday June 16	What has become clearer to you as you have aged?
Thursday June 18	What would you like to do with the rest of your life?
Tuesday June 23	What have you said yes to that you no longer believe in?
Thursday June 25	Which of your five senses are the strongest?
Tuesday June 30	What’s most important to you right now?

May lineup:

Tuesday May 5	What’s changing in your life for the better right now?
Thursday May 7	What’s a paradox in your life—something that feels true but contradicts another truth you hold—and how do you live with it?
Tuesday May 12	What limits, if any, would you place on pursuing personal happiness?
Thursday May 14	Past or present is there someone you wish you made amends with? If so, who and why?
Tuesday May 19	When have you had to forgive someone (or ask for forgiveness), and what did that process teach you about human nature?
Thursday May 21	How does your trade-off between security and freedom that you prefer differ from others close to you?
Tuesday May 26	What single experience most changed how you see the world?  Why / how?
Thursday May 28	Has a belief you once held strongly changed? What prompted the shift?

April Lineup

Tuesday March 31	Share a moment from childhood when you realized the world wasn’t fair—how did you respond then and later?
Thursday April 2	Describe a time you stood up for yourself or someone else as a kid—what gave you the courage and what was the outcome?
Tuesday April 7	When have you felt a deep sense of awe, and how did that moment change you?
Thursday April 9	What question can’t you seem to find the answer to?
Tuesday April 14	If you could teleport to any location, right now, where would it be?
Thursday April 16	Who taught you what it meant to be a man? Do you still agree with that basis?
Tuesday April 21	Theorists, who love their theory so much that they lose sight of the aim of the theory, ...which is to work out in practice. . (Tolstoy) Discuss with examples.
Thursday April 23	A deed once done becomes irrevocable. (Tolstoy) Discuss.
Tuesday April 28	If you were told you’d die tonight, what’s one thing you regret not doing?
Thursday April 30	What is the hardest part about being a man (or women) today?

May Lineup

Tuesday May 5	What’s changing in your life for the better, today?
Thursday May 7	What’s a paradox in your life—something that feels true but contradicts another truth you hold—and how do you live with or reconcile it?
Tuesday May 12	What limits, if any, would you place on pursuing personal happiness?
Thursday May 14	Past or present is there someone you wish you made amends with? If so, who and why?
Tuesday May 19	When have you had to forgive someone (or ask for forgiveness), and what did that process teach you about human nature?
Thursday May 21	How does your trade-off between security and freedom that you prefer differ from others close to you?
Tuesday May 26	What single experience most changed how you see the world?  Why / how?
Thursday May 28	Has a belief you once held strongly changed? What prompted the shift?

Lineup for February 2026

Tuesday February 3	Share a moment from childhood when you realized the world wasn’t fair—how did you respond then and later?
Thursday February 5	Describe a time you stood up for yourself or someone else as a kid—what gave you the courage and what was the outcome?
Tuesday February 10	When have you felt a deep sense of awe, and how did that moment change you?
Thursday February 12	What was the first responsibility you were trusted with, and how did handling it change you?
Tuesday February 17	Has a failure ever taught you something you couldn’t have learned any other way? Describe it
Thursday February 19	Describe a time you sensed something larger than yourself—what did you feel and believe afterward?
Tuesday February 24	What responsibility do you feel toward strangers, and how did you arrive at that belief?
Thursday February 26	How do you reconcile competing obligations (family, work, self, society) when they conflict?

Suggested topics for March 2026

Thursday March 3	What’s a paradox in your life—something that feels true but contradicts another truth you hold—and how do you live with it?
Tuesday March 5	What limits, if any, would you place on pursuing personal happiness?
Thursday March 10	How do you balance honesty with kindness in difficult conversations?
Tuesday March 12	When have you had to forgive someone (or ask for forgiveness), and what did that process teach you about human nature?
Thursday March 17	What trade-off between security and freedom have you accepted, and would you make the same choice again?
Tuesday March 19	What single experience most changed how you see the world?  Why / how?
Thursday March 24	Has a belief you once held strongly changed? What prompted the shift?
Tuesday  March 26	In moments of uncertainty, what guides your decisions—intuition, principles, evidence, or something else?
Thursday March 31	Can good and evil be defined universally, or absolutely?

Map of meeting point and general route.