Shoes Sheet-Personal Narrative

“Shoes off”. The is the scariest phrase for someone who is insecure about their feet. Somehow, I’ve always found myself in awkward situations associated with my feet and Asian friends. Looking back at the time when I went to my friend Hannah’s house, I myself knew the protocol. T.O.Y.S. Take off your shoes. Entering an Asian household is trickier than it may seem. We were friends, so should I worry about my feet? Rewind back to seventh grade, a neighborhood friend pointed out my feet. Wearing the bamboo swag-dals I was stylin, he asked me, “Why do your feet look like that? They’re sticking out from the sides”. Oh Josh, you chose the wrong words.
As a socially awkward pre-teen, I was quite confused. I thought they were totally normal, until I asked my older sister Armi, “What is wrong with my feet?”. Before we talk about the life lesson she had taught me, we’re going to rewind …show more content…
Just laugh about it”.
Looking at her as if she was a genius, her harsh-toned voice ignited some sort of amazement, projecting through my eyes. I stepped outside, feeling as if I was being filmed in a tree-filled forest during the self-reflection scene of a movie and stood there wondering, why do I care? Why do human beings care about their insecurities? Why do we worry about what others think? Why do I have funky feet? Is there really a relevant reason to this self-judgement, critiquing every single abnormality we possess?
Using the most cliché answer, we possess these traits because they are what makes us, us. There are people who love you, take care of you, and appreciate your existence, and your insecurities won’t stop them from doing that. I believe in laughing at our abnormalities and enjoy life because at the end of the day, we should be thankful for what we have and I am thankful for my fourteen toes. Just kidding, but that would be a hilarious plot