Do you SPA?

The other day, I was really excited about taking my morning walk to a whole new level. Morning walks were not new to me, actually. I had always walked round the block or down the street. This morning, however, I was walking on the motorway.

My previous routines had become monotonous and uninteresting over the years. I had reached my goals of walking consistently for 30 minutes or taking at least 5000 steps over again. I desired something new. So I had to SPA:

Set significant goals

Pursue the goals purposefully

Achieve the goals accordingly

Voila, my new SPA is consistent walk for at least 45 minutes, initially and 10,000 steps, eventually.

As I walked on that day, I was overtaken by two young joggers at different intervals. I then began to imagine what could be going on on the two young men’s minds. Did they see me as serious? Were they surprised that a middle-aged woman was walking and calling it exercising? I smiled and faced my SPA.

In that little experience, however, lies a very deep lesson to draw for living. We MUST never get bothered about what people may think of us and the goals we set. What is important is setting our goals and purposefully pursuing them in order to achieve them. Those young joggers could have set their goals in hours or miles; my goals were in minutes and steps. I had put my age and previous traumatic experiences into consideration and concluded that jogging was a no-no for me. After all, the space is enough for everyone, whether they be crawlers, strollers, walkers, joggers, runners or flyers! What is important is to keep moving. Remember that the world has never set a stage for onlookers!

SPA today!

Keep moving!