We all hear everyday from doctors and health and fitness professionals that we ought to walk each and every day. Some say twenty minutes three times a week. They tell us that when we do this we will feel better, eat, feel and work far better as nicely. But, when we talk with many people who have tried a walking program, quite a few of them tell us they either tried it and it did not work or they wanted to do it and did not know how.
Countless years ago when our children had been only from 6 to 11 years of age, we lived on a rural property. Our roadway was gravel. We did not have any street lights. The houses had been a quarter mile apart and hundreds of feet off the highway. There was nearly no site visitors. In plain English, our region was in total darkness following the sun went down.
I had quit smoking right after smoking for twenty years. The last factor I wanted to do was to begin up once again. I worked all day and did not arrive household until six pm from work. In the fall that indicates I arrived residence right after dark. So following supper 1 night we took flashlights and headed out for a walk. Our driveway was 800 feet from the road. Everything was pitch dark. At initial we required the flashlights. Soon we could see much better and turned them off.
We walked along that dark road to our neighbors driveway and turned and came house. The girls were so excited that they had me drive back and measure how various miles we walked. Turned out it was specifically 1 mile return.
The next night we set out the same. This time we all agreed to go to the next driveway and soon after that for the next week we stretched it out until by the end of the 1st week we were walking five miles return. What a great feeling we all had. We tried playing games as we walked. We played what we called the math game, 5+9+4-6=? And the girls were soon able to do complex math in their heads. By the way, currently they are all in managerial positions and credit those early games we played. We challenged the girls to find out the stars and constellations as they shone brilliantly in the darkness of the country side and we made a game of that.
Because then we have enjoyed walking every single day. It has kept us healthy and in fantastic condition for seventy five years and counting. Give it a attempt.
