And turn of your tv.
Mic drop.
So, what does that mean?
So what we started to do, is actually we started to completely turn of the movies and tv's
and we have not been watching any of that for a while now.
How long has it been?
its about two months, two something months.
And instead of that we decided to substitute that with daily walks.
Daily, daily walks, yeah and its been amazing.
It's so simple but its been so beneficial to our relationship.
We have that moment during the day to talk with each other, you know that conversation
that is not disturbed by anything and it's been amazing.
Vera is saying, "Yay to the walks."
Walks are very good for your health as well.
I saw a video somewhere online and a couple I think was like walking and doing a video
saying, "Ten minuite walk can change your marriage."
I don't know, it kind of got stuck to me and so when I started to go to school and quite
few other things.
I think after Ukraine, I took time to fast and I felt the Lord challenging me and saying,
hey I want you to, as you...
In the area of alcohol you know we have a very strict policy.
You know we don't drink alcohol.
We abstain from alcohol and its not for any other
reason except we want to keep our body pure,
we want to be consecrated to God.
And I'm like man, what if we would do the exact same thing with our mind, you know stay
consecrated and not fill our mind with the Hollywood junk and keep it pure, keep our
soul pure.
And you know when you cut off entertainment, something begins to happen, you know you have
more free time.
And now that free time you know, we started to implement these daily.
I think almost every single day.
We've been doing that for a while now, these daily walks.
And you have to understand guys, I am not a walker, like I am not necessarily that person
that will say, "Hey, lets go for a walk," and stuff.
So its been kind of my wife's been enjoying this, the dog has been enjoying this.
In fact we are going for a walk right after this.
We are going to go for a walk right after this.
So every day pretty much and it's good for your health, its good for your emotions and
its good also for your relationship to take ten to fifteen minutes walks right before
you go to sleep.
In fact, a lot of people what they do, is they eat before they go to sleep and I don't
think it's healthy.
And I think if you eat little bit less and just practice discipline in your eating and
then before you go to sleep you go for a walk.
Especially if your married, I want to dare you, I want to challenge you guys.
I want to challenge you to go for walks daily with your spouse before you go to sleep.
And I know some people do it with little children, you know they put children as well and they
walk with kids. Yeah take your kids wit you.
It's beautiful.
Instead of everybody sitting on ipads consuming electronics and tv's and tv shows and having
a hard time falling asleep because you know you have so much of that blue light.
Go and see the nature, see the sun going down.
It's very beautiful.
In fact, I read somethings about health benefits of walking and it says the following: Walking
is totally free.
Easy exercise that requires little effort and it benefits not only your physical but
also your mental well being.
If your looking for a simple yet effective way of loosing weight and improving your
overall health, walking is something just for you.
A daily half hour walk helps avoid serious problems like coronary heart disease to name
one, by lowering high blood pressure and cholesterol levels and improving blood circulation. Because
of better quality and deeper breathing some symptoms associated with lung disease can
show significant improvement thanks to walking.
Muscle tone and weight loss is also totally achievable through simple walking.
Find your optimal pace but don't break out into a jog.
This sort of speed walking is low impact and doesn't require any recovery time, which means
no sore muscles to keep you from getting out and walking the next day.
The Arthritis Foundation recommends at least 30 minutes of moderate walking a day to reduce
pain, stiffness and inflammation in the joints.
Building strong bones will help you prevent osteoporosis and reduce bone loss.
Walking contributes to better blood circulation within spinal structures, pumping important
nutrients into soft tissues and improving posture and flexibility. Both of which are
vital for a healthy spine.
A group of researchers at Ohio State University worked with hundred of collage students.
Walking changed their mood for the better.
Even though no one warned them it could do so.
That's good.
That's true.
There's just a lot of benefits.
I'm just talking about just health benefits.
We are not necesarily doing them for health benefits, we are doing them for relationship
benefit but it has health benefits.
And I also, like when I think about the Bible the Bible says you know, "Enoch walked with God.
God says to Abraham, "Walk before me."
So there's a lot of walking that's done in the Bible and I think that it's really healthy.
If you disconnect form the television and you replace it with some reading and then
you take those walks every night with your spouse.
Or the mornings, it doesn't matter.
Super practical.
It becomes really impactful, becomes really impactful.
Yeah. Yup.