Feeling Tall.

Standing there as she wore her high heel shoes for the first time, she thinks. Like millions of other girls, she too felt conscious. All that she could think about was her shoes. The feeling of everyone watching her. What if she falls while trying to walk “high”? What if she didn’t walk upright, the way women do while wearing and walking with them…All the “what ifs” were blurring her mind as she stood there allowing her senseless mind to take control.

Just when she realized she was getting late for the most important interview of her life, or at least she thought so, all that thinking suddenly seemed completely unimportant. It was as though she never had those thoughts. She almost just started to run, when she tripped over losing her balance and fell flat on the ground. She uncomfortably looks up only to find herself pleased to know that not a single person watched her. So she stands up with content, not of knowing that she didn’t feel embarrassed, but with the happiness of realizing ‘not to care’. She realized there wasn’t any point in thinking about what people thought. There wasn’t any point in faking her height. There wasn’t any point in being afraid to fall. She walked with confidence, and a sensible mind. Leaving behind those worrying thoughts of what the world would say, she only carried her footsteps to leave a new trail.