THE FEET – OUR FAITHFUL SERVANTS
Only when we look upon our feet as faithful servants will we show enough appreciation to pay them proper attention and give them the good care they deserve. Do you realise what an important function the feet have to fulfil through an entire lifetime? They carry the body, irrespective of its weight, and take us wherever we wish to go. Yet looking at the changing fashion in footwear, especially as indulged in by the ladies, we begin to see the discrepancy existing between the unfair treatment of our feet and the constant care they need and deserve. We must not close our eyes to this fact.
When I was young I often heard adults use the term ‘flat-footed Indian’ when they were describing someone who had really bad flat feet. Later on in life I had the opportunity to visit the Indians personally and, to my enlightenment, I saw for myself that such a description of their feet was completely out of place. True, there are Indians called Blackfeet, but I never saw one Indian with flat feet, a sad and frequent occurrence among many other people. People in less developed societies, as long as they stick to their traditional habits and walk barefoot most of the time, have strong and healthy feet that make others living in a more industrialised society truly envious.
Is it not true that our poor feet spend much time imprisoned in often unsuitable shoes? No wonder they are often just as degenerated as our teeth! It is indeed important that we give appropriate care and attention to our feet in return for their lifelong faithful service.
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