Judge me not by what you see of my first appearance. Do not drink in the sight of me without first appreciating the ingredients that were combined to create the final product. Although by outward appearance you think you may know me, know what I’m made of, but the recipe for this product is the result of a myriad of ingredients.
Before you judge me, put on my shoes and walk through my past. See what it is that has shaped me and made me the person I am today. Wear those shoes and glimpse into the experiences that have carved out the life I have led. Hold fast in those shoes while the toes point precariously over dark chasms and walk freely in them as they guide you out of harms way.
Skip happily through my successes, but always be prepared at a moment’s notice to plant those shoes firmly in defiance of those who wished to take advantage. There is knowledge and power in those shoes. They hold the key to my existence. They have led me to triumph and helped me run from despair.
So before you make up your mind about me, take a walk in my shoes. Watch my journey unfold, and only after you have glimpsed the many facets of reality that have made up my life, only then may you cast your judgement.
polysyllabic profundities 
Whoever triggered this is not worth your time.
Thanks for that….they were eradicated a while ago….I just had to release the rest of the anger my way.
“Eradicated” – sounds serious.
Nothing removing my fingerprints won’t cure. 😉 Okay, so maybe only eradicated from my thought process….but I still feel better.
very wise
It’s a funny thing, usually the people that want to tell you how to walk are wearing a pair of ill fitting shoes themselves.
(I’m a big fan of fuzzy monster paw (or kermit) slippers myself…)
Haha….thanks for the image! Will you please wear them when you finally get your pony?? That would make a great photo shoot!!
There’s a pic of me in my old ford wearing Kermit slippers at the end of a drive from NYC to Albany.
It’s one of my girl’s favorite pics of me.
I may have to see that….hahaha…..so awesome! Are you back at work and feeling any better?
Feel a little better. Working from home. Meh.
Yes darling….this piece rings true to many, I suppose.
Cheers to the eradicating!
Thank you!!
I want to know more – what have your shoes seen and done and gone through?
Let’s just say it wasn’t the most ideal way to spend my teenage years, through no fault of my own. But people sure do like to tell you how you should deal with it even though they wouldn’t have a clue what the experience was like first hand.
there are so many “experts” in this world, who should take care of their own business and leave others quite alone
Agreed!
“Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way when you criticize them, you are a mile away from them and you have their shoes.”
Sadly I can’t claim credit for this. It’s from a wise man named Jack Handey.
Our brains our biologically wired to make snap judgements but we should always resist that urge. To those that do come the riches of actual knowledge.
Thanks for the Jack Handy quote….I’d forgotten how brilliant those were!! And I agree we should resist the urge to judge, some people just have no filter, sadly.
Um, your shoes are too small.
That was funny!!
Well they are!! How’m I supposed to walk in your shoes if they don’t fit?
Well done for the ‘eradication’. I’m glad you removed your fingerprints 😉 There’s nothing better than murdering an old flame (on paper) 😀
Although the sandpaper hurt a wee bit!! 😉
LOL! 😀