 There was once a man who wanted to buy himself a pair of shoes. He measured his feet, then wrote the measurements down. When he got to the market, he discovered he had left the measurements at home. After he found the shoes he wanted he went home to get the measurements. When he returned, the marketplace was closed. He could not buy the shoes. When he told a friend what happened, the friend asked, “Why didn’t you use your own foot?” Shaking his head, he said, sadly, “I kept thinking about the measurements rather than my foot.”
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Marlene Simon
7/3/2025 01:21:21 pm
Wonderful story demonstrating how we can get caught up in what we think is the correct way of doing things when being in the moment and accepting an immediate challenge with common sense can solve a problem. Leave a Reply. |
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Nancy King is a widely published author and a professor emerita at the University of Delaware, where she has taught theater, drama, playwriting, creative writing, and multidisciplinary studies with an emphasis on world literature. She has published seven previous works of nonfiction and five novels. Her new memoir, Breaking the Silence, explores the power of stories in healing from trauma and abuse. Her career has emphasized the use of her own experience in being silenced to encourage students to find their voices and to express their thoughts, feelings, and experiences with authenticity, as a way to add meaning to their lives.
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