My friend, Clare, wore her moccasins last week when we went to see Kaitlin at UALR and then to lunch. She said that she wanted to wear them to remind her of the old saying "don't judge someone until you've walked a mile in their shoes or moccasins". Clare has a friend a little older than herself who has a deep faith in Christ, wonderful husband, beautiful home and a son who was just arrested with his third DUI. Clare's friend didn't exactly know what the third arrest meant, maybe even prison. She couldn't post bail because she didn't have a job, other than being a mama, for the bail bondsman to garnish her wages, in case her son jumped bail. Her husband was on a business trip out of the country. Clare's heart broke as she listened to her friend. What would Clare have done? Who even knows? Hence the moccasins.
I need to be as deliberate today as Clare and listen. After pt today I need to go shoe shopping.
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what a great reminder to have empathy for my "neighbor" instead of judging him. it's so easy for me to jump to conclusions about what someone "should" do in a situation when i don't know all the particulars.
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