I was talking with by best friend... basically my sister who just happen to live in California with my California family :) and we were talking about fun comfy shoes... sadly I spent my shoe money at Chapters.... but then the conversation took and fun turn.
We decided that both a good pair of shoes and a good book can take you on a glorious adventure.
Some of my favourite pairs of shoes are my favourite because they have taken me on great adventures! or they are linked to an adventure or a wonderful memory of some kind. Books can do this too, you visit a place you have never been, they can take you to far away places that only exsist within the pages of the story you are reading and sometimes they even spur you on to "read your hero to safety" ever had that? You know the story will be in the exact place you put it down at BUT you HAVE to read the character to a safe place before you can put it down.
I recently "purged" my closet... which really means I looked at my clothes and picked out the ones I don't wear or don't fit...or are worn out so it really doesn't count... I think. Isn't the rule if you haven't worn it in a year to pass it along?
Well my closet would only have scrubs in it! for what I wear every day I have far too many "dress up clothes" I need to just start dressing up for the grocery store...
My shoe collection consists of running shoes a dead pair of dressy flats and heels that were a good idea at the time and didn't make my feet feel like bloody nubs at the time of purchase (...but worn for longer than 27 minutes and I can kiss at lease 3 of the 5 little piggies goodbye.)
But glory, the feeling of a good pair of shoes on your feet can make you feel like you can conquer the world! (which you can by the way ;) anyone who has ever fallen in love with a pair of shoes will tell you that).
Back to adventures. I booked a 3 night get away adventure to the sea shore over spring break. I love a good adventure, as does my sister. My parents did an amazing job instilling this taste for adventure in us from an early age I can remember jumping in the car and heading out to the lake after dinner to "throw our sweaty bodies" before bed. Some of my favourite times were these what we thought were spur of the moment adventures but I'm sure were thought out a least a little... and if not? All the better!
So we know shoes can take us wherever we go, its the adventures we take when we crack open a book that sometimes make the biggest impact! I have travelled down a mountain and into the sea in the pit of a giant peach, I have sipped tea with a sordid consortium of friends in wonderland, and I have walked the trails with Laura and her family across the prairies. Books can take us places we couldn't or wouldn't normally go!
What is your favourite go to book?
My favourite pairing is taking a new book on your adventure with you.
How big is your stack of adventures waiting to be read? is it as big as your shoe stash?
So I am wishing you a lifetime of adventures wherever your books or shoes may take you.
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