We were built and engineered to move, use our muscles and our own power, travel from point A to point B (a long time ago solely to find a shelter or catch a food/animal).
We are still built the same, except we don't have to move that much as before. We've built all of our conveniences - indeed, we succeeded. I certainly love it that way because all of that enabled me to see the world and get to places where our ancestors couldn't. At the same time, I still wish I could travel and transport myself as people from the future, from the envisioned world of Jean Luc Picard.
However, I continued moving as people were a thousand years ago. I've been walking, as much as I could, and I've been running as much as I find it possible.
I always walked a lot, since I was a little boy. I inherited that love for walking from my father. He would take me by feet to all the Sarajevo mountains, and I also walked to my elementary school every day.
I even walked during the Sarajevo siege (well, that was the only method of transportation :)), always thinking that grenades would be falling somewhere else in the city.
I've kept walking, everywhere, even in North America, where very few walk, and where everyone drives.
It helps me keep fit and healthy. It helps me get exposed to the sun, to the light. It helps me boost my immune system.
Moving is one of the ingredients that help me help society. Someone else can use my hospital bed and help from health professionals that I would need.
