Walk in My Shoes
your superpower. your choice.
I wrote my book, Walk in My Shoes, because I care deeply about others and our world, and I am afraid for our future.
I wanted to emphasize the message that kindness matters—encouraging each of us to be more comfortable in our own shoes, step-up our courage and grace, and reach out to make our world a more equitable and hopeful place for family, neighbors, and those whom we’ll never meet.
Walk in My Shoes is intended to stimulate conversation with different types of folks, and understanding that might lead to healing, opportunity, and desirable outcomes.
While writing this book, I realized we are far more alike than we realize. Learning to walk with others requires you suspend your judgment and acknowledge someone else’s state of mind. If you notice a friend’s hunched shoulders, a colleague’s watery eyes, pay attention. Sometimes all you have to do is listen, and their story will pour forth. Receive it graciously, for when you give your full attention to another, you get
something in return—the realization of your common humanity. At this moment, you have walked in another person’s shoes.
My shoes
Mostly I have learned that kindness is a superpower and a choice.