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I need to start with a little background on my feelings about shoes for my review to make sense. I buy shoes when the last pair falls apart. When I find a shoe I do like, I will buy one of each color then wear them for the next 5-10 years. I have running shoes with holes because I don't want to have to shoe shop. I wear shoes to protect my feet from scorching concrete or cold weather. As soon as I get home, shoes come off. Shoes are not my thing.
The Pebble in The Shoe uses shoes as metaphors for people. The first half of the back was very shoe cutesy and I almost quit reading it. I am glad I persevered to the end. The last half of the book was a game changer. The book shares several techniques for weathering storms. The piece that came at a prime time for me was the chapter about the most powerful word....it had more teasers than I liked but the page turned and the powerful word revealed...Next. The power of Next is that it is very present...not yesterday, not tomorrow but right now what needs to be done NEXT. I used the power of Next several times this week. I was feeling overwhelmed. I thought about Next and the worry drifted quietly to the background. A step, a piece, a small part is what comes Next. I am glad I bought the ebook and I will review the last half again and again.
4 comments:
I used to love shoes but in one year broke I my foot three times. The last time the doctor said I "smashed" it.
None of my shoes fit after that and since I already took size ten wide getting more was a challenge. Fortunately bare feet are and always have been my #1 choice. Oddly, my feet are one of the few body parts I think are OK so I treat myself to pedicure and little flowers on my toes!
Bummer on broken foot. Love the thought of getting flowers on my toes. :)
The manicurist just paints the flower on the big toe. In the winter it becomes a snowflake! My silly secret in winter months when sandals don't quite work!
Sounds like a brilliant idea to me.
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