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Times of our life series.

 

I’ve heard the expression: “Walk a mile in my shoes” many times. Recently, after hearing a comment made at a public venue; I had to stop and think for some time its significance.

 

Walk A Mile In My Shoes

 

If I could be you

And you could be me

For just one hour

If we could find a way

To get inside

Each other's mind, mmm

If you could see you

Through my eyes

Instead of your ego

I believe you'd be

Surprised to see

That you'd been blind, mmm

 

 

Walk a mile in my shoes

Walk a mile in my shoes

Hey, before you abuse, criticize and accuse

Walk a mile in my shoes

 

 

Now your whole world

You see around you

Is just a reflection

And the law of karma

Says you're gonna reap

Just what you sow, yes you will

So unless

You've lived a life of total perfection

You'd better be careful of every stone

That you should throw, yeah

 

 

And yet we spend the day

Throwing stones

At one another

'Cause I don't think

Or wear my hair

The same way you do, mmm

Well I may be

Common people

But I'm your brother

And when you strike out

And try to hurt me

It's a hurtin' you, lord have mercy

 

 

Walk a mile in my shoes

Walk a mile in my shoes

Hey, before you abuse, criticize and accuse

Walk a mile in my shoes

 

 

There are people

On reservations

And out in the ghettos

And brother there

But for the grace of God

Go you and I, yeah, yeah

If I only

Had the wings

Of a little angel

Don't you know I'd fly

To the top of the mountain

And then I'd cry

 

 

Walk a mile in my shoes

Walk a mile in my shoes

Hey, before you abuse, criticize and accuse

Better walk a mile in my shoes

 

Walk a mile in my shoes

Walk a mile in my shoes

Uh, before you abuse, criticize and accuse

Walk a mile in my shoes, yeah

 

Walk a mile in my shoes

Walk a mile in my shoes

Hey, before you abuse, criticize and accuse

Better walk a mile in my shoes

The admonition to walk a mile in his shoes is a reminder to practice empathy. Being able to empathize means to be capable of identifying and understanding another person’s feelings, without experiencing them for yourself at that particular moment. It is the ability to literally experience the world from another person’s perspective; to walk in their shoes, to view life from their living conditions and to feel what it feels like to be that person. Wouldn’t that be a refreshing world if we actually could practice such a lofty idea? My series therefore is a personal reminder to myself to practice what I heard but had almost forgotten…

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Small Town USA

 

 

TIMES OF OUR LIFE

 

Enjoy the series friends

 

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