Wednesday, November 14, 2007

Wow Ryan


K that was an answer that went beyond what any of us thought Abbie was asking, eh?
A good answer though. A well-worded one.

And I never misspell anything. ;)

Today and man/woman (I honestly couldn't tell which) asked me for some change for coffee.
The person complimented my necklace, and after I said it came from Costa Rica, he/she said "Ohh she's been all over the world."
Of course I haven't been anywhere; it was a gift from Sara, who has traveled.
I believe that person, who society says is beneath me in class and income, has seen more of the world than any of us care to... and a side of the world we should all glimpse at least once.
All I had was a dime so I offered that and apologized I couldn't give more... which I meant but it isn't completely true. There has to be more we can do.

Sharon Creech reminds us: "Don't judge a man until you've walked two moons in his moccasins."

But who really takes the time and has the courage to switch shoes?

(In all honesty, I'm only posting this because I don't want Ryan to out-do me... even though I meant everything I said above. I guess he doesn't want our blog to be boring after all.)

2 comments:

Abigail said...

i thought of was Flannery O'Connor's story, The Turkey, which blogspot won't let me italicize.

Abigail said...

edit: "was".
i was that student...you know, the one who never wrote rough drafts, or reread final ones.