Monday Moment - Be Good to Your Foot!

Before sending out today's moment, I've taken more than a few moments to try and locate a particular quote that seems to sum up my thinking from the last week. It took just a little doing, but here it is.

“If you want to forget all your other troubles, wear too tight shoes.”

Aha! Indeed today's moment is all about being good to your foot! The inspiration? You guessed it. I spent some time in too tight shoes!

Actually, I wouldn't say my shoes were truly too tight. It was more that they were what I call 'grown-up' shoes - and my feet prefer to remain in childhood.

I have actually arranged my life so I don't wear grown-up shoes very often. When I do, I wonder if my feet might feel better if I were used to them. But then I think that I'm clearly just not used to pain - and after all is pain something I truly desire to get used to? NOT!

Like most women, I admire the look of a lovely shoe - and stand (though I'd prefer to sit) in awe of women who seem to wear heels - or pointy toes or some other apparent form of torture - as if it were nothing. But I'm not a woman who seems able to pull off that appearance of ease. I'd like to. But it just ain't happening!

So I've started a new motto - I choose to be good to my foot. I've abused my feet enough in ridiculous shoes - and now I choose to heal what's left of my aching feet.

As per William James who said if you want to make a change, you should do it immediately, flamboyantly, and make no exceptions - I made an appointment with a podiatrist this very day. I've noticed more than what I think of as the usual discomfort in even moderately grown-up shoes - enough that my ability to exercise has begun to be compromised.

I've tried the usual strategies - denial, sloth, shopping - and none have alleviated the pain to meet my satisfaction. So now I'm going to put my feet into the hands of an expert. I expect to get expert treatment, a list of things I can do to make my feet feel better, and expert advice on shoes.

I expect that when my feet feel better, life will look a lot more pleasant and I might just be a nicer person. Maybe you'd like to join me. Be good to your foot!