There is a well-known Native American proverb that says:
“Don’t judge any man until you have walked two moons in his moccasins.”
I’m not judging — I’m just wondering who is walking around in mine.
You see, last Saturday — like a typical city dweller — I wore flip flops to walk to Boston University and quickly changed into pumps before class began. Once I was finished teaching for the day, I rushed out to catch my ride back to NYC.
My flip flops? They lie forgotten…alone in the empty, dark classroom.
Now, the janitor may have seen them later and thrown them away. Or some cash-strapped student could have picked them up the next day and thought — “Hey, free flip flops! Score!”
Who knows what adventures my beloved brown havaianas have begun?
Me? I’m going shopping today. I need new flip flops.
Walk walk
I was walking home from an early appointment this morning and waved to one of the doormen on my block.
I’ve heard this one before. “Because I don’t have the dog with me, right?”
“No,” he said. “Because you’re walking so fast. You and Rory normally just stroll along.”
This observation kind of took me aback.
I’ve always thought of myself as a fast walker — am in fact always being reprimanded by friends to “slow down” when we are walking together around the city.
I attribute my pace to my days at the University of Kentucky in Lexington. The campus is sprawled out from North to South, and with only 10 minutes between some classes, you have to book — and I mean seriously motor — to get from one end to the other on time.
I thought my personal walk speed had been permanently reset. Apparently Rory Dog has taught me how to slow down and enjoy the sights, sounds and people along the way.
Chalk up another life lesson to the “hairy human” in my life.
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