Comments on: Of Shoes and Happiness http://www.adamspeace.com/blog/2007/02/27/of-shoes-and-happiness/ Fear, more than anger, is the enemy to peace Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:31:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 By: Sania Wyatt http://www.adamspeace.com/blog/2007/02/27/of-shoes-and-happiness/#comment-21 Sania Wyatt Tue, 27 Feb 2007 16:54:44 +0000 http://www.adamspeace.com/blog/2007/02/27/of-shoes-and-happiness/#comment-21 Thnx for sharing this story! I'm gonna read it now before you spoil it further! :) Thnx for sharing this story! I’m gonna read it now before you spoil it further! :)

]]> By: Adam Alexander http://www.adamspeace.com/blog/2007/02/27/of-shoes-and-happiness/#comment-23 Adam Alexander Tue, 27 Feb 2007 17:53:22 +0000 http://www.adamspeace.com/blog/2007/02/27/of-shoes-and-happiness/#comment-23 Don't thank me. Thank Kara-Leah for writing it. I'm just the interpreter. ;) I'm glad that you like it, though. Don’t thank me. Thank Kara-Leah for writing it. I’m just the interpreter. ;)
I’m glad that you like it, though.

]]> By: Kara-Leah Masina http://www.adamspeace.com/blog/2007/02/27/of-shoes-and-happiness/#comment-24 Kara-Leah Masina Tue, 27 Feb 2007 18:34:11 +0000 http://www.adamspeace.com/blog/2007/02/27/of-shoes-and-happiness/#comment-24 Hey Adam, I love it - often at school when interpretating author's work I used to wonder if that's what they had meant to put into the story, or if that's what we were 'reading' into the story. I composed this story in my head during a twenty hour bus ride from London to Chamonix - I had just spent two months living in London, and clubbing every weekend. It was my first experience with recreational drugs and I was intrigued by the contrast between what I saw and what had been drummed into me at school... You hit the nail on the head at the end - it is about a town finding a degree of happiness it hadn't experienced before, but attributing it to 'false' causes, i.e. the shoes. That happiness was always available to them, if only they could overcome their low self-esteem and love themselves for who they were.... Hey Adam,

I love it - often at school when interpretating author’s work I used to wonder if that’s what they had meant to put into the story, or if that’s what we were ‘reading’ into the story.
I composed this story in my head during a twenty hour bus ride from London to Chamonix - I had just spent two months living in London, and clubbing every weekend. It was my first experience with recreational drugs and I was intrigued by the contrast between what I saw and what had been drummed into me at school…
You hit the nail on the head at the end - it is about a town finding a degree of happiness it hadn’t experienced before, but attributing it to ‘false’ causes, i.e. the shoes. That happiness was always available to them, if only they could overcome their low self-esteem and love themselves for who they were….

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