"..that's it... let's head back home..."

 "..that's it... let's head back home..." was the first thought that struck my mind...

A kilometer into the jog at the beach and my shoe gave up on me...

I stopped in my tracks, dejected, as I wasn't keen to terminate the jog so abruptly. I looked at the calm sea in front of me and told myself "the shoes aid the jogging, they aren't absolutely required for the activity. Let's do it without the shoes today. And this is the beach! People walk here barefoot all the time, what do you need the shoes for?"

I could probably keep the shoes at the coconut vendor's cart and continue with my jog...but...the vendor was a kilometer away so I picked up the shoes in my hand and started walking towards his cart...

"but why aren't we jogging?" I asked myself..."ofcourse you can't jog with your shoes in your hand! You'd look like a clown!" I shot back... "Are you jogging for yourself or for the world to see how great you look when you jog?" ... and so there I was... jogging with my shoes in one hand... a couple of passing folks looked at me in amusement while I was at it, but in a few moments I was at the coconut vendor's cart. I requested him to let me keep my shoes at his cart and continued on my jog with just my socks on....

1. So many small perceived problems can be solved with much ease, only if we can question ourselves.

2. Thinking about what others think about us won't get us far.

3. Building relationships help. Atleast I could complete the rest of the jog with my hands free.

4. Malaiwala nariyal paani rocks.

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