BARE FOOT AND BROKE!!!
...many years ago, as a farm kid, walking with bare feet was the norm in South Africa, as it was, I'm sure, in most parts of the world. As a child you felt connected to the soil -- it wasn't the fashion, it wasn't the "IN" thing to be doing. Shoes, somehow, were for the weak-hearted -- we played barefoot rugby until the invention of the rugby boot...we ran cross-country bare footed and managed to dodge the thorns and the sharp stones. We sprinted the 100 metres bare-footed -- Zola Budd comes to mind.
Hot sand between your toes and that damn thorn embedded an inch deep in the sole of your foot - it was the norm.
Is this still happening now out there?? Do kids, who can afford a pair of shoes, still walk the path with bare feet? Or is there a Health and Safety warning against this? Probably -- from what I read and see, those little things that made growing up with pride are rapidly being taken away from today's children -- Hell -- even playgrounds are protected now! You can't stand here, you can't do this...are catapults really banned??
I'm not suggesting we ALL walk around with bare feet -- that would kill the shoe industry...but are children losing contact with the soil, the earth that feeds us, when not allowed to walk bare footed? Just a thought.
Why do I write this? We start our journey on this planet when young -- maybe being allowed to connect with it, one to one, so to speak, is a good way to align the inner GPS.
That's my thinking. Feel free to correct me.
....read TWO FEET -- there's a few chapters about this. Give it a read -- perhaps it will remind you of what growing up was all about!!!
Many thanks
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