TCC Feet. Again.

“She got diamonds on the soles of her shoes.”

– Paul Simon; 1987

“…these boots are made for walking…”

– Nancy Sinatra, vocalist; Lee Greenwood, songwriter; 1966

“No one regards what is before his feet; everyone gazes at the stars.”

– Quintus Ennius, 239 – circa 169 BC Iphigenia (fragment)

Caught up in the whirlwind of life. Walking with our heads in the clouds. How many steps we spend taking for granted that vital connection between earth and the soles of our feet.

Worse, perhaps, is not noticing the relationship at all: How our size six or eight or 11 ½ carry us – go without resistance – wherever our heads decide. Hold us high enough to see the parade. Keep us steadily upright through triumph and tragedy. Fulfill any important mission or dreamed of adventure. Soles of the feet.

Bound to earth by gravity, but able to free us from the chains of pain or habit or illness or isolation. Willing to complete our connection with this earth, community, best friend, self. Concentrate. Gazing at stars, yet knowing what keeps us stable, centered, at peace.