Establish your Walking Motivation
Write It Down
I received a comment from Mary who said after reading my story: “Well done for taking charge of your life and moving…I’m in the process of doing same but get lost sometimes..You’re an inspiration.”
Mary, when we start out taking charge of our life it is a very difficult task to accomplish. I know because when I was crawling around my house in tears rather than walking I felt lost and alone in every movement I would endeavor. It is natural to feel lost and can I say helpless. However, do you know what made the difference in my life? It was a 3 prone process:
1) Why did I want to change this in my life – write down your answer!
2) What is my motivation and what is my commitment – write down your answer!
3) Start at that very moment – don’t say “I’ll start this weekend”. Don’t do that – start immediately at this moment.
I will share my walking motivation statement with you and others. I read this each and every day and it motivates me to get up and move by body by walking:
My motivation is I do not want to ever go back to sitting around and inviting major medical problems to take control of my body and my attitude because I enjoy being the very best person I can be for my family. I never want to forget how I had to crawl around on the floor of my house to get from one room to another because of bursitis in my hips hurt so bad; I don’t ever want to forget how my blood sugar as a diabetic was always high; how breathing was very difficult for me and when I got fluid in my left lung and then getting pneumonia because of my non-activity. I am motivated to never ever let that happen again in my life because it was my fault. Carrie Latet says: “Walking gets the feet moving, the blood moving, the mind moving”. Movement is life and that is my motivation. When you are moving - you are enjoying life.
Mary, I hope this helps you. Let me know how I can help you further. I will help you and inspire you. I’ll be thinking of you and other people feeling lost when I take my walk. You can do it – it takes determine, commitment and motivation – you will be living your healthy life through walking as soon as you start!
Great post. I just completed a 3 day course that included training in mind-body meditation and healing. It was based on Chinese medical wisdom gleaned from over 5000 years of practice. The idea is to increase your energy and clear blockages so energy can flow easily through our body.
Walking, especially if we breath slowly and deeply through out our exercise can be your meditation, your “health insurance” to prevent health problems and work the other areas of the nervous system that contain more neuro- transmitters than our brain- like the gut and cardiovascular system.