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Wednesday, 10 October 2012
Someone else's shoe's
A few weeks ago I was working on the counter at work. As I was leaving a man had arrived asking for help as he was homeless. It was late in the day and there was little that could be done for him until the next morning. I walked out of the office into a fairly chilly, early Autumn evening, knowing that Andrew would be waiting for me in a nice warm car. I wondered, in that moment, just what it would feel like to walk out of the office with absolutely nowhere to go. I wondered which way I would go, left or right. If I had a few pounds in my pocket what would be my priority, a drink, a sandwich or a cheap bottle of wine to help the night pass more quickly!. How long would I walk, how scary would it be as it got dark. It gave me a new sense of perspective. What is it they say about walking a mile in someone else's shoe's?. I think it would do many of us good to do just that once in a while.
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