Our lifestyles are designed to keep our butts in one spot most of the time. We sit in our cars, moving yet somehow not moving at the same time. At work we sit at our desks, our hips widening over time to overlap our ergonomic chair. Once home we sit on the couch, drawn by the soft glow of entertainment, video games, or the Internet. Christ, we don’t even get up for the commercials any more.
But the human body’s not made for sitting. It’s made for action.
If your house was on fire, you’d spring into action. You’d move. You’d call 911. You’d get yourself and your family to safety. That’s because we’re genetically designed for action. We see a threat, be it a house fire or saber-tooth tiger, and we move, baby.
But what if the threat is not so visible, or so immediate? What if your rights were being slowly eroded? What if your bank accounts were slowly being drained? What if the polar ice caps were slowly melting? Would you spring into action? Would you move?
What if the pretty lady on the teevee said there’s nothing to worry about? Would that give you an out, an excuse to sit…back…down…ahhhhh.
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