A Journey Of 10,000 Miles Begins With My Foot

Over the past decade, I have done a lot of exercising. I have done yoga and pilates over the past 5 years and until recently, I was a several sport star. I did football, frisbee, basketball, swimming, running, weight-training, and many classes at both the REC and the Y. I have also done some biking and trike-riding. But my most prevalent form of exercise is (and probably always will be) walking. You see, I have walked over 10,000 miles in the past decade (I have no idea since I started walking as a primary form of transport years ago I have lost count, but I estimate I walk at least 1,000 miles a year). I have also done frequent amounts of hiking and will do more this summer. Walking is not only transport and exercise, it is also where I get the majority of my praying done and my therapeutic thinking done. And it is an all-purpose type of exercise that I can do without much effort or on a day without heavy exercise as an option. Get a massage, do acupuncture, or donate blood? I can still walk. Do several exercise things throughout the day and be as sore as a person in a bind? I can still walk. Look for transport when tired? I can still walk. Not only is it all-purpose, I also can account for mileage in what I need to do, get where I need to, and appreciate other things that I do that other people can't. Granted my legs aren't as good as they used to be, and my ankles and knees have chronic issues, but I can walk for miles and feel great. I genuinely feel like my legs work and I have appreciation for them by doing what is needed for my realizations of strength and realizations of limitations. I BUS, I walk, I trike, and I am a passenger. But the one I love the most and feel happiest with (and have lost numerous amounts of weight with) is walking. My I walk on evermore.