Walking Is Good For Your Body, Walking Away Is Good For Your Soul

Learn to move towards yourself even if it means walking away from others

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If you need to improve your physical fitness experts will surely suggest you to start walking. Ten thousand steps a day — you must have heard of it many times. And it’s true. To combat a sedentary lifestyle, to get moving, to get some clarity — walking will help you in all of these. It’s free and easy, accessible to everyone.

But walking is not only good for your body, if you learn how to figuratively or literally walk away from people and situations that are harmful to you, you can do a lot for your mental and emotional well-being too.

Walking away is a skill, not a weakness.

We are glorifying persistence and people who never give up. We are taught that success means to keep going, no matter how hard it might be. We are taught that giving up is a weakness. It’s true that to become excellent at something you can’t walk away at the first occurrence of difficulties. You shouldn’t give up practising a musical instrument or some sports just because at first you failed.

But those who are really successful and balanced know when they need to push forward and when it’s time to give up and move on to something else. It’s…