A STEP in the right direction

As a little girl we want to be one of  two things: A princess and or our mothers. We go into her closet, grab shoes 8 sizes too big for our feet and parade around the house like we're "big girls". But why do shoes have the power to make us feel so different? Why can the right pair of shoes automatically change our mood? It is all because of the people we see in them. Cinderella's glass slipper transformed her life. She was granted a night at the ball, and even married her prince. Dorothy's ruby red slippers took her from Oz, all the way home to the people she loved, with just a simple click of the heels. Shoes have the power to change the woman who are wearing them. They change the way you walk, and the way you talk all because you feel powerful in the right pair of shoes. According to cosmopolitan magazine, buying the right pair of shoes can release neurotransmitter dopamin that causes people to feel happier. It also stimulates an area of the brains frontal cortex termed as the  "collecting spot" This helps woman rationalize the buying of shoes because they are "collectors items". Scientifically, this is the reason woman buy so many pairs of shoes. Subconsciously, I believe, we want the right pair of shoes because the woman we admire always had them and they do lift our spirits. But remember my friends, it is not so much the shoes you wear, as it is the places your feet will take you in life. So walk with your shoulders back, your head held high, in the shoes that you love and know that the future is yours to create.

Me as a little Dorothy 

As Always, You Are Beautiful,

                                            Cedar Chambers