The Stone

A stone in the shoe is quite painful when weight is upon it.....

Choices.....

Stop walking, Sit down, Take the weight off, Relax and enjoy the comfort;

Stop walking, Sit down, Take the weight off, Take off the shoe, Remove the stone, Relax and enjoy the comfort;

Stop walking, Sit down, Take the weight off, Take off the shoe, Remove the stone, Put the shoe back on, Relax and enjoy the comfort;

Stop walking, Sit down, Take the weight off, Take off the shoe, Remove the stone, Put the shoe back on, Resume walking, Relax and enjoy the comfort;

Stop walking, Sit down, Take the weight off, Take off the shoe, Remove the stone, Put the shoe back on, Resume walking, Revel in the freedom (painlessness) of walking without the stone, Relax and enjoy the comfort;

Stop walking, Sit down, Take the weight off, Take off the shoe, Remove the stone, Resume walking, Revel in the freedom (painlessness) of walking without the stone, Reach for the unknown and start running....

....because you are not comfortable with things as they are and because of the promise laid before you, you have reason, you are going somewhere, not somewhere you already know or see, but returning to where you came from, from where you were formed and fashioned, rejoined with the Creator, the One Who formed you out of His Own Being, rejoined into the very fabric from which you were cut, but that cut was a death knell to the patch of fabric you call life, removed from the tapestry of living. Dead. A stone in the shoe. Remove the stone and run.