shoes?!?

(The pair shown is not the one in discussion.)

The other day I had to throw out some shoes. As I took them out to the trash, I couldn't help but remember the journeys that that pair had been through.

I also couldn't help but remember that saying about shoes. The one about walking a mile in them.

It got me thinking about other shoes' journeys. What places each pair has stood in. What paths each pair has walked through. What problems each pair has ran from.

Plato is quoted to have said:

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.

Those thrown out shoes serves as another reminder of the compassion required in my life. Our shoes maybe new, maybe pretty, maybe cleaned, maybe borrowed, maybe counterfeit, maybe fell off the back of a truck, maybe old, maybe dirty, maybe holey, etc. etc.

Whatever the case, each shoe has seen its day and we need to remember them. If that makes any sense...

Ephesians 4:32.