Lately I am reading quite a bit about the benefits of walking, and I am walking already quite a bit.
In the latest volume of COFFEE NEWS I find this quote:
“A vigorous five-mile walk will do more good for an unhappy, but otherwise healthy, adult than all the medicine and psychology in the world.” – Paul Dudley White.
Today I received the August 2011 Age Concern newsletter (Kaitaia and District Incorporated) and in the letter to the question
WHAT CAN WE EXPECT BY STARTING TO WALK REGULARLY?
six answers are given:
1. The risk of Alzheimer’s cut by 60% and more general dementia by 50%.
2. The risk of stroke is cut by 57%.
3. New brain cells emerge (neurogenesis) and new connections are created.
4. The brain becomes sharper and faster – fluid intelligence increases, and so does memory. This counters the usual decrease in these functional capacities with age.
5. Focus and attention increase making concentration easier.
6. Mental health is protected and improved. Walking incrases the production of the three critical neurotransmitters that are responsible for preventing anxiety and depression (serotonin, dopamine and norepinephrine.)
There is a mirror hidden away in one of the rooms of our house. Nobody is using the mirror, although it is hanging neatly on the wall. (The mirror is tucked away in a dark corner behind a door, that is most of the time open, and lots of stuff is in front of it. I can only guess who put it there.)
There is a letter in the Bible, probably written by James, and James likens the Bible to a mirror. (James 1:23-25)
Maybe there is a Bible hidden away in your home nobody is using. Please find it and read it.
James says the Bible is like a mirror. We look into this mirror and see a true reflection of ourselves. This reflection is portrayed by the Lord Jesus Christ Himself.
This is what James says in James 1:23-25:
“Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. But…”
