| Morning, everyone. There's an interesting fact of existence: the pull of entropy. Basically, when applied to our lives, our bodies, and our health, it means that the universe is constantly pulling us into disorder, chaos, and misalignment. And that the more complex the construct, the more moving parts it has, the more things can go wrong. In other words, things fall apart (ever read that book?). If you leave a car out in the yard for five years, it will rust, start to break, and become inoperational. The same thing happens to just about everything. Your muscles weaken without use. Without active and frequent opposition, your muscles will atrophy. Bedrest isn't rest. Rather than speed up recovery, it hastens demise. What opposes entropy? Well, it's movement. Simply driving that same car will keep it in better condition than if you let it sit. Moving the muscle, preferably against resistance, keeps it healthy. Movement. Movement towards a goal. Movement through space and time. Move it or lose it. Motion is lotion. My contention is that this applies everywhere and to everything. Heck, consider a relationship. If a relationship stagnates, if you apply no energy toward it, it falls apart. You drift away from each other. But if you move the relationship, it flourishes. Go on dates again. Take walks every evening. Take trips. Work out, move your body, improve how you look and feel—and the relationship improves. Move toward the goal you've been talking about for years, move toward your potential—not physical movement, but metaphorical movement—and the relationship improves. "Stuck in a rut?" Movement gets you out. The common denominator is movement. Whether it's physical movement or metaphorical movement, movement is key to opposing entropy. This seems foundational. What do you think? Is movement key to everything in life? Let me know what you think in the comment section of New and Noteworthy. | 
