We’re always being told that exercise is good for us even though we don’t always feel like doing it. So I tend to do a lot of “zippy” flying first thing in the morning (before my brain’s fully awake and realises what I’m up to). At other times, I like to go for a “parrot walkabout” on the floor, and I’m also good at chasing flies up and down on the windowsill. But apart from that, I’m a sedentary bird and spend much of my time sitting on perches and working on my latest scientific theories.

My owner and his wife go to a local gym each Saturday morning, but I reckon they spend more time at the vending machine than on any other piece of equipment. And back here at home, their regular exercise regime is to walk between the TV room and the snack cupboard. Yes, exercise is one of those things that we know to be important but which we try to avoid. And for a great many humans, that that also applies to the Christian faith. Because it can take a bit of an effort to drag ourselves off to church or to open up the pages of a Bible. And we sometimes have to convince our brains that the reward outweighs the effort involved. The prospect of eternal life in Heaven should provide us with a huge incentive, but that only works when we believe it to be a reality instead of a pipe dream. Making the effort to take those first few steps is vital; otherwise we’ll all remain rooted to our perches or our chairs.
Terry Wogan once wrote:
“I don’t take enough exercise, but what is the longest-lived animal in the world? The giant tortoise is 120 years old and it hardly moves.” (Terry Wogan: 1938-2016: Irish TV and Radio Broadcaster).

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