This was the right way to look at life: moving toward a destination without ever forgetting where you’ve been, the obstacles you’ve overcome, or how far you’ve come
I started walking backward for no apparent reason. It wasn’t meant to be a metaphorical act or anything profound. I was simply waving goodbye to my daughters through the snowy window of the school bus when it occurred to me to take a few steps backward as they finally drove off. But since I’d already started – and being a professional oddball – I thought it might be a good idea to walk all the way home that way, just a couple of blocks.
The next thing had to do with vision. In regular walking, the path ahead is always visible. Here, the path becomes peripheral. Sure, you have to pay attention to where you’re going or you’ll end up testing the resilience of a lamppost, but you use other senses: you hear the car approaching, you sense the unevenness of the ground, you notice the change in the firmness of the snow, you gauge the height of a step.
I quickly realized something obvious: the path I enjoyed most was the one I had already travelled. And it struck me that this was the right way to look at life: moving toward a destination without ever forgetting where you’ve been, the obstacles you’ve overcome, or how far you’ve come. I’ve never been particularly nostalgic and have treated the past more like a cemetery I visit when I feel sentimental than a shrine I worship daily. But looking back is always good for self-esteem.
But because I’m an insecure person who needs to justify all his actions, I decided to search the internet for evidence that backward walking might be beneficial. There wasn’t much material, I must admit. A study published in the Journal of Biomechanics attributed benefits like relieving knee pressure to retro-walking, as the experts call it.
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