One of my favourite things to do every fall is to watch the salmon swim upstream to spawn. There’s something deeply grounding about it — and fun, too! Their relentless push against the current, the sheer effort it takes just to move forward. I can watch them for hours, especially on a gorgeous day like today.
Over the years, I’ve had a front-row seat to what happens when someone you care about slowly begins to shrink away — physically and emotionally — after years of not moving their body. Not because they weren’t able. Maybe it became habit. Maybe it was grief, depression, or simply not realizing how vital movement truly is — not just for our muscles or hearts, but for our minds, too.
Witnessing that decline firsthand has only deepened my commitment to keep hiking, walking, and moving my own body. Movement clears the mental fog. It shifts our energy. It reminds us that we’re alive.
A walk. A stretch. Big or small — it all counts.
As I stood by the water’s edge today, mesmerized by the salmon, I found myself thinking: they don’t keep swimming because it’s easy — they keep going because it matters. And I think the same holds true for us.
Every time I watch the salmon fight their way upstream, I’m reminded that even when life feels hard — especially when it’s hard — we have to keep moving. Or in the case of the salmon: keep swimming.
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