Jan 18, Walk For Health

Some might say that inventions were the fruits of men's laziness. How true indeed. The washing machine wouldn't be invented if the men didn't feel lazy washing their clothes nor would the vacuum cleaner.

The thing about invention is that we tend to take some things for granted. Sometimes a little too much. Take for the example our legs. Before the invention of horse carriage or other form of transportation, humans tend to walk from one place to another.

It is all right to drive or take a plane to your destination IF it is very far. But then, some people would drive to the morning or night market even though the market is located less than a few clicks from their house or less than a hundred metres from their house and they can't even walk to the market! How lazy.

In my opinion, walking to the market is faster than driving. This is because one need to find a parking space and a finding a parking space is a bit hard at the market area. In addition, walking helps to burn calories. However little you walk, there will still be some calories burned. With today's lifestyle where we put in more calories than we put out, every little calories lost counts.

Hence, I feel that we all should walk more instead of driving to nearby areas. I made it a point to walk whenever I can. How about you? walk for health!