The Elevator

Changing one's habits and helping to create a better world cannot be done in one dramatic fell swoop. It must be done in tiny bits or baby steps.

A key component in making the entire Universe a better place is making oneself better. This includes but is not limited to: attending to physical, mental and emotional health, nurturing the spirit,and improving overall behavior to be more in harmony with honesty, truth, respect and positive energy.

Helping to be less consumptive can help accomplish many of the above listed things. There are many ways to reduce the use of consumable energy and increase the amount of your own physical energy but one quite simple way is to use the stairs.

I work in an office building where the majority of the workers are overweight. I hear them complain about their weight often and listen to the silly diets they go on to reduce. When the diets don't work or the weight is gained back immediately after the diet is discontinued they whine. Every single one of these people uses the elevator to go up and down in the office building.

The hilarious thing is that the building is only three stories tall. That means that In our building 50% of the occupants only go up or down one floor. How silly is that? One flight! They can't walk down ONE FLIGHT OF STAIRS?

Not only do these people waste consumable energy by taking the elevator but they are missing an opportunity to add a little more physical activity into their day. By adding a little more physical activity into their day they could start the process of burning more calories and loose weight without changing their current eating habits. I try to explain to them that they can begin by using the stairs when they go down floors if going up the stairs seems too difficult at first. (I offer this advise after they ask me how I stay thin and what can they do to loose weight. I try to never give advise unless asked.)

This little change can do a lot for our planet and for ourselves.

Every able bodied person should use the stairs when practical.

Conservation Challenge for this week:
Start using the stairs to go down in a building four stories high or less. If you already do this start using the stairs to go up in buildings four floors high or less whenever possible.