“Your shoes are on the wrong feet, buddy,” I pointed out.

“They usually are,” he replied, completely non-chalant.

After I quit laughing (because it’s true–Carter almost NEVER puts his shoes on the right feet), I realized that Carter isn’t so different than us grown-ups. We complain about things that are amiss in our lives, and often, it isn’t too hard to diagnose what’s causing the problem. But instead of stopping to deal with the issue, we just plow ahead, sore feet and all. We don’t want to slow down long enough to deal with it, and besides, we’ve accepted the poor fit as normative.

I know I do this all the time. Miss “Let’s See How Many Credits I Can Pile On Before My Sanity Deserts Me And My Kids Forget What I Look Like.” Seriously. The shoes (school) are great, but they’re not being worn properly.

What about you? Are you wearing shoes on the wrong feet?