Walk a mile in my shoes.
The admonition to walk a mile in someone else's shoes means before judging someone, you must understand his experiences, challenges, thought processes.
Most times, we find ourselves doing things or treating people in ways that if the tides should turn, we just might not be able to accept being treated that way by others.
A boss who always insults his staffs, speaks rudely to his staffs and just acts anyhow.
A bully who derives pleasure in bullying others, making them feel bad of themselves.
A person who takes the slightest chance in gossiping others, talking bad about others and not critically looking at the situation the person was in...
Truth is this:
If these all were to be a reverse case scenario:
The boss who insults and speaks rudely wouldn't love or want the same to happen to him.
The bully who bullies others wouldn't love or want to be bullied by others.
The person who gossips others, would surely hate to be gossiped by others, especially when it's all rumours.
If we could walk a mile in someone else's shoes, we'll perform better.
A rich man who knows what it means to be poor, would never look down on the poor.
A king who knows what it means to be a slave, would treat his slaves right.
As regards the government, if the people held in high positions know what it means to be put in low places, there'll definitely be fairness in their dealings with others.
I remember seeing a movie about:
A girl who came from a really wealthy background and a girl who wasn't really rich.
The rich girl was famous in high school, every other student wanted to be friends with her.
This high position she was placed in, made her treat some of them like a piece of shit.
She looked down on this particular poor girl and always seized every chance she got to bully her. This rich girl and her friends harassed this poor girl alot.
There was a time, they poured milk all over her body. This poor girl got home and prayed a strange prayer point through pains before she finally dozed off. She had prayed:
Dear Lord!!, Let her feel what it is to walk in my shoes.
Viola!, The next day the poor girl woke up in the house, room, bed and body of the rich girl. The rich girl's case was the total opposite.
It was quite pathetic, as the soul or mind of the rich girl was now living in the poor girl's body and vice versa.
You can imagine how tragic it must have been for the rich girl and how strange it must have been for the poor girl.
What am i saying in essence:
Before we act, let's always think and reason out what we would have said or how we would have reacted if we were to walk a mile in their shoes.
If I was in this position, how would I have acted?
If we want to raise voices or insult a person, let's picture this:
If I was the one who was about to be insulted, would I have loved it?
If we could walk a mile in the shoes of others, we'll act well and better towards them.
Apologies: I'm pretty sure you'll feel like I'm always apologizing, forgive my manners, part-time classes have resumed. Remember I told you all that's it was a two weeks strike, well that strike have come to an end.
My apologies to the commentators on my last post and second to the last post, I'll definitely attend to it all and do my best to visit you all articles tonight.
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Till we meet again in my next article and in yours.
Thanks for reading.
If only people reason this way, all of the bad things we hear won't be happening. I try a much asni can to treat others just the way I want to be treated.