Beth's Ponderings
Wildfires, floods,
tornadoes, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, hurricanes, etc...we refer to these
events as natural disasters and lament the damage that they do to nature and to
humans, and we do everything in our limited human power to stop them from
happening again.
Yet, these natural “disasters”
are SUPPOSED to happen! They are nature’s
way of cleaning house (removing the dead and decaying), and getting things
moving to ensure new growth, as well as the health of all flora and fauna.
Nature needs to
move to stay alive, and sometimes it needs a bit of a push. It’s no secret that some seeds can’t be
spread unless there is a violent wind, or a raging fire. Some plants don’t grow unless they are
watered by flood waters. Sometimes
animals won’t move to better food sources unless their current source is
removed.
And it is the same
for us humans. We think that we are so
mobile as we are constantly going to and fro in a vehicle, but we’re just
fooling ourselves.
In our daily lives,
we sit way more than we move around. As
a society we have become so settled and attached to our lives in urban settings
that we aren’t seeing new horizons. We
forget that humans were designed to move,, and that many of the daily
activities humans used to do - which machines now do for us - were what was
keeping everyone naturally active and healthy.
Despite all of our
technology and amazing innovative advances, we are not a healthy thriving
society. We are stuck in one huge rut. Until something - such as a natural disaster -
shakes up our lives.
We learn best when we move our bodies. We are more productive when we can get up and
move around a lot. We find the answers
to our problems when we’re pacing back and forth.
In fact, the
healthiest exercise you can do to keep your brain working effectively and
creativity, including enhancing memory recall, isn’t a mental exercise, or even
a memorization practice, it’s simply...walking.
“Walk more. Anywhere.”
- Dan Rubinstein
Beth
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