Hello and welcome to the Conversations That Matter Podcast. My name is John Harris. It is a new year, a new podcast.

And for many of you, you have a New Year's resolution.

Now the most popular New Year's resolution, as most of us know, is to get fit and healthy.

So for those who go to the gym, you'll notice new faces in January, but usually by March,

those faces aren't there anymore.

The reason for this is because it's hard to break

old habits. If you were already busy in 2018 and didn't have time to work out and

then 2019 comes where are you going to find that time unless you cut it from somewhere else?

And so as things crowd in our busy schedules, we tend to lose focus and drive.

I want to share with you something that has helped me

maintain focus and drive in working out and it's really summed up in one word and

that's hiking. Before you dismiss that because you say,

I don't have time to go hiking.

Well, neither do I all the time.

But my motivation for even going to the gym or going for a run

or doing something even inside if it's just

push-ups is partially because I want to be up to snuff so that when I do go on

an exerting hike I can actually physically do it. So there's actually

a purpose, a motivation that I have that helps me maintain myself in situations where I'm exercising. So let me break this down for you

in three different components. I want to talk to you about the spiritual benefits

of hiking last.

But first, because that's my longest section.

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