The Unsung Tutor

By Uday Shah

Walking leg to leg, though the roads are not fair... Slogging through the seasons four, stirring into all types of affairs

Am unknown to places where I go… My Master takes me somehwere I know

Struggling through the stones and tar… Making my sole rough at heart

The only pride I take is in 'My Better-Half' She's the one who comforts me at last…

Guess who am I?

Yes am the one who promises you your first impression. I am the one who is noticed by all except for his own Master. I am your very own shoes!

Those who are reading me listen carefully; I have a tranquilizer that can motivate you lifelong. Just try understanding this Shoe's words. It has a meaning deeper than I can convey. Now read the words of my Shoe…

1. On Life: I say life is burdensome and so are weights. Does not depend on how heavy your situations are, it depends upon how much I can take without any complaints.

2. On Perseverance: I will keep biting you until you learn to accept my worth. If you are scared to try new things, you cannot enjoy my goodwill!

3. On Patience: Look at my ripped soles and you will understand what patience really means. The rougher the use the more the patience develops.

4. On Amity: Make friends with your work or else simply face the friction of the ground and break yourself just to be left abandoned.

5. On Togetherness: You cannot reach and achieve your aspirations alone in life. Even I require my better half to join along before my owner takes me on a round.

6. On Ego: Life has given a stage to act. Your place will always be fixed like mine. So respect it, for you know deep down that nobody else can replace you there.

7. On Humbleness: The worth you carry should not matter to you for even my expensive friends Nike and Puma are put on the same feet.

8. On Envy: Don't cry because you 'Don't' have me. You may look around and find that there are some without legs who 'Can't' have me!

"Accept Life like a pair of shoes! The one forward has no pride and the one behind has no shame. Both know that their position will change soon."

So that was a small note which my shoe wished to share with you all. Thank you for reading these silent lines of a shoe.

By Uday Shah