"You've probably heard about the fitness regimen that challenges you
to walk 10,000 steps each and every day. The practice is the key to
better health and a long life, the experts claim.
"According to one website I saw, walking 10,000 steps every day: helps
you to get in shape and lose weight; decreases hypertension and stress;
improves balance and endurance; increases sexual desire and
satisfaction; slows mental decline; improves mood and battles
depression; reduces fatigue; and makes you smarter. . . .
"Now, bless me reader for I have sinned: I don't walk 10,000 steps
every day. Not even close. According to the little device on my phone,
during the last month I've averaged only 2,521 steps each day. . . . I spend most of my time sitting - in my office or in
my car, or at home, praying, reading or watching TV. Then I go to bed.
When would I walk?
"But, for our purposes, there's a more interesting question. Those 10,000 steps you're walking - where do they take you?"
In a recent commentary, Bishop Thomas J. Tobin, of the Diocese of Providence
(RI), reflected on how walking can be good for both body and soul.
To access Bishop Tobin's complete essay, please visit:
The Imitation of Christ: Now, About Those 10,000 Steps (7 NOV 19)
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