Tuesday, May 12, 2009

My shoes, other than Jimmy Choo's

The topic shoes reminds me of three songs: My shoes keep walking back to you (Ray Price) sung by Daniel O’Donnell, which a friend introduced to me recently; then of course, These boots are made for walking (1966) which Nancy Sinatra made famous as 'these boots are gonna walk all over you'; but how can I forget Elvis Presley’s Blue Suede Shoes?
'Well, its one for the money,
Two for the show,
Three to get ready,
Now go, cat, go. ...' especially the 'rock n roll' bass line that goes with it.

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But I don't think anyone would like to follow this monk in making footprints:



Footprints in Wood Tell Story of Buddhist Monk’s Prayer
In a story straight out of Ripley’s Believe It Or Not, human footprints worn into a wooden floor mark the spot where a 70-year-old Buddhist monk named Hua Chi, has said his prayers in a temple in Tongren, China, for over twenty years.

More than 1 1/2 inches deep in some places, the prints tell the story of unbelievable prayer frequency, which according to Hua Chi at one point occurred over 3,000 times per day!

Today, hundreds of students visit the monastery which houses the temple bearing the prints in which the soles of the monk’s feet have become embedded in the floor. There is little to say, as the message of uninterrupted belief couldn’t be very much clearer.



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