Thursday, April 26, 2012

Day 20: New Shoes

I'm wearing new shoes, standing in them.  Not the kind leather kind that you get at the store, but the kind that life hands you when you've either grown out of the old ones, or they get holes in them or the heel wears down, or you don't have anything in your spiritual and emotional closet that doesn't match anymore.  I'd say the last choice is the most appropriate one for me.

I've always loved shoes.  In my younger days I would buy only leather shoes.  I loved colorful sandles and patent leather stilletos and leather boots and sturdy sneakers. If the shoe fit, I'd wear it.  I hated shoes that were uncomfortable or too small.

You can always buy a cute  new outfit to adorn yourself in, but shoes are the things that take you where you want to go.  They have to be comfortable, and sturdy for you to be able walk, run, climb, jump,  over lifes little bumps and mountains in the road.

Shoes

We take everything for granted in life.  We assume that we will have shoes.  the appropriate ones.  We assume that everyone else has shoes.  The appropriate ones.  And when we see someone without shoes-the appropriate ones-we look and whisper to each other.  we don't walk up to the person and ask them where their shoes are, or why they don't have any, or if they'd like to borrow ours. We just assume that they are too lazy to get some or that they- through their own carelessness- or lack of foresight or motivation or diligencefailed to get them...or a million other assumptions, judgements and implications and conjecture (That word conjecture makes me laugh...I have a problem with conjecture.  If you can't prove what you claim..it's cosidered conjecture.  I call it creativiy-.people in an overentitled and selfish society grow up in can make.

We never think that one day, we may have to walk around without shoes, due to old age, or illness or any number of  surprises that life can heap on you. None of us were born with shoes. we acquire them throughout a life span. Any of us...can lose our shoes.
You can walk around without them, but it makes gaining your footing much more difficult. Trapising terrain that is harsh or too soft can be painful and dangerous., it's much more painful without shoes.  If you trip over a barrier and fall you could injure your foot and be out of commission for much longer, this causes journey delay as,  you have to wait till you heal or (heel).

 Some shoes help excercise your muscles and keep your legs strong.  So they are a vital part of our existance.  They help sustain us. And our shoes are especially custom made for us.  We can loan someone our shoes...but they will never quite fit the other person, the same way that they fit us. Or carry us on exact same path...  They can only approximate these things for someone else.

I've always loved shoes.

I don't think it's an accident that when I first became independent, I would always by the nicest shoes that I could find.  Back then, I barely knew what shoes were for.  I simply bought them because they looked nice and they were comfortable and helped to protect my feet. 

Back then, I didn't know what my feet were for either.

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