I’ve never been a runner. Perhaps it’s a (false) story I tell myself. Maybe one day I’ll try it. But I’ve never enjoyed it.
Walking? That is what I love. Every kind. Walking in the morning. Hiking in the woods. Strolling in the city. I even enjoy the walk from my car in the parking lot to the store.
It’s a very spiritual thing for me too. A few years ago I attended a “healthy pastors” seminar and the one thing that stuck with me is that… Jesus walked. A lot. Someone had calculated that among the journeys recorded in the New Testament, Jesus averaged 3 miles a day. Obviously it’s more than that, but what a great baseline! Imitating Christ means walking regularly.
Someone once observed that walking is the speed of God, because it’s the speed at which things can be observed in all their fullness… it’s the speed at which conversations can happen.
Don’t text and drive. Walk and look.
And prepare to be amazed.