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 |   The simplicity of my day to day. |
| Prompt: Shoes What are your views on the importance and use of shoes? I mean, why do we humans need shoes? Didn't we evolve feet capable of standing up on the ground like other animals? Shoes are important to me. Not that I’m a fashionista or anything, in fact it’s been years since I wore anything with a heel. I have arthritis in my left foot which precludes me from wearing anything but sneakers or sandals. Even those items have to have specific requirements. I must have spent thousands of dollars on footwear, orthotics and gadgets to improve my problem. My husband compares me to Imelda Marcos, although her choice of footwear was much more glamorous than mine. I even bought barefoot shoes against all the advice for anyone with arthritic feet. Needless to say they were useless and just made the pain worse. The jury is out about whether people should be able to wear no shoes whilst out shopping. Is it hygienic? I suppose feet are no dirtier than the soles of shoes. But seeing anyone bare foot reminds me of the childhood stigma I grew up with. Only very poor children would have no shoes in the UK. In Australia I don’t think there would have been the same stigma attached to a barefoot child at school. Have you ever tried walking on a beach when the temperatures soar? The sight of a person hopping down to the water for the relief the cool waves would bring is a sight worth seeing. |
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