How often do you walk or run?
“Tomorrow, I’ll wake up early and go for a walk.” Ah, the promise I whisper to myself every night, right before sinking into the pillow. And every morning? Well, let’s just say my blanket hugs me tighter than any fitness trainer ever could.
Walking and running may be the world’s favorite health partners, but for me, they’re like uninvited relatives who always show up too early. I’ve tried. I’ve laced up the shoes, even stepped out once or twice. But my mind and body stage a rebellion—one says, “Go back to bed,” while the other says, “Why are you punishing me?”
Instead, I choose swimming. The water doesn’t nag, it embraces. Unlike the treadmill that makes you feel like a hamster on caffeine, the pool whispers, “Relax, float, breathe.” Every stroke feels less like exercise and more like therapy. “Swimming is simply moving meditation,” I remind myself while gliding across the pool, pretending I’m a dolphin (a very slow one).
Humor aside, movement should bring joy, not dread. Fitness isn’t a one-size-fits-all sneaker; it’s finding the rhythm where body and soul agree to dance. For me, that rhythm flows in water. For someone else, it may be the track, the trail, or even the dance floor.
“Don’t chase someone else’s pace; swim, walk, or run at your own.”
💭 thought to ponder: Is fitness about burning calories, or about finding the kind of movement that makes you smile while doing it?
Sharon's Read And Reflect 
I swam for the first time in ages while away in Canada and I remembered how nice it is to just float! Not just relaxing, but also a life-saving skill.
I think we can get some mixed messages from our surroundings because exercise is often celebrated as a healthy thing but also characterised as joyless, a slog that only tough, disciplined and focused people can do. Almost as if when you’re enjoying it, it doesn’t count! And likewise, if you’re working hard and can’t find time to go for a run or visit and gym, you must be “lazy”.
It’s sad. Enjoying what our bodies can do should be the foundation of exercise, not some strange puritanical self-punishment.
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Absolutely! Exercise should be something we enjoy—not a punishment. If someone skips running, walking, or the gym, it doesn’t make them lazy, it just means they’ve chosen a different style of staying active. After all, what counts is moving in a way that keeps us happy—and maybe even smiling while doing it!
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