Walking

When our first children take their first steps, it seems like a miracle.

June 21, 2020

When our first children take their first steps, it seems like a miracle.

Maybe it is but it is not unusual.

Walking is innate like breathing or talking or hungering.

We’ve been doing it for 6 million years.

Walking is having a minute among writers and in the lab. It:

  1. Spurs creativity

  2. Enhances mood

  3. Helps keep us lean

  4. Improves coordination

  5. Boosts the immune system

  6. Increases Longevity

  7. Reduces arthritis

  8. Lowers blood pressure

  9. Etc etc…

It’s great that research is piling up about how wonderful walking is and the love from fine writers is splendid.

But maybe we’re missing a point that is simpler and more fundamental than elegantly designed double blind studies or meta-analyses.

We’re bipeds. We walk.

This is a road I enjoy walking.

Here’s some links about walking.