{"id":6456,"date":"2014-05-04T22:52:22","date_gmt":"2014-05-05T02:52:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/?p=6456"},"modified":"2014-05-04T23:01:10","modified_gmt":"2014-05-05T03:01:10","slug":"achey-feet-happy-heart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/2014\/05\/achey-feet-happy-heart.html","title":{"rendered":"Achey Feet, Happy Heart"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"Photo\" src=\"https:\/\/scontent-b-lga.xx.fbcdn.net\/hphotos-prn1\/t1.0-9\/p526x296\/10155657_10202958831785087_6572902947537404292_n.jpg\" width=\"504\" height=\"504\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Interesting juxtaposition as I ready myself for much needed sleep; that of well earned muscle aches and blistered tootsies, accompanied by joy over the reason for them.\u00a0 Awakened at 5:30 this morning and by 6:30, I was helping to haul boxes, bags, bananas and water bottles, t-shirts and tote bags, granola bars, balloons and bubbles and place them in the courtyard of a suburban Philadelphia middle school. The occasion was <a title=\"Walk A Mile In Her Shoes\" href=\"http:\/\/walkamileinhershoes.org\" target=\"_blank\">Walk A Mile In Her Shoes<\/a>\u00a0which is a playful opportunity for men to don high heels as a way of healing the wounds of domestic violence and speaking up as they step out and strut their stuff.<\/p>\n<p>I was invited by my friend Christina\u00a0Whinnery who\u00a0was the organizer for this event that\u00a0brought people\u00a0to traipse twice around the building, \u00a0to be one of the speakers on\u00a0this particular day as this worldwide event occurred in Chester Co, PA to benefit the <a title=\"Domestic Violence Center of Chester County\" href=\"http:\/\/dvccc.org\" target=\"_blank\">Domestic Violence Center of Chester County.<\/a>\u00a0 I found myself in my typical go-mode, zipping and zooming, getting stuff done, being here, there and everywhere. I wore lower shoes than most of the men there; some were decked out in feathers and flounce to go with their spikey shod feet. Inspired by their courage to step out and speak up about domestic violence, I took to the stage to express my solid understanding that it can cease if men and women take responsibility for their emotions and actions and break the cycle.<\/p>\n<p>Now at 10:30 pm, my sore, tired body is calling for sleep and my delighted heart and soul are tap dancing~<\/p>\n<p>Photo credit:\u00a0 Edie Weinstein and Walk A Mile In Her Shoes Chester County<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/scontent-b-lga.xx.fbcdn.net\/hphotos-prn1\/t1.0-9\/10312450_10202958833625133_3634647550462237831_n.jpg\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/scontent-a-lga.xx.fbcdn.net\/hphotos-frc3\/t1.0-9\/10270769_10203689844624808_2590513903991621959_n.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net\/hphotos-ak-prn2\/t1.0-9\/10325776_10202958402534356_7632794398623957299_n.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"Photo\" src=\"https:\/\/scontent-b-lga.xx.fbcdn.net\/hphotos-frc3\/t1.0-9\/p526x296\/10309172_10202958829545031_3816170588168136706_n.jpg\" width=\"504\" height=\"504\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"Photo: Pre walk posing at Walk A Mile In Her Shoes Chester County\" src=\"https:\/\/scontent-b-lga.xx.fbcdn.net\/hphotos-ash3\/t1.0-9\/p403x403\/10307240_10203686534662061_8445360415978282139_n.jpg\" width=\"379\" height=\"504\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"Photo\" src=\"https:\/\/scontent-b-lga.xx.fbcdn.net\/hphotos-ash3\/t1.0-9\/p526x296\/10250210_10202958829705035_2554792315667675984_n.jpg\" width=\"504\" height=\"504\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"Photo: Fashionistas from Breathe Salon in Lansdale, PA  at Walk A Mile In Her Shoes Chester County\" src=\"https:\/\/scontent-b-lga.xx.fbcdn.net\/hphotos-prn2\/t1.0-9\/p403x403\/1381653_10203687443764788_4547965055432139550_n.jpg\" width=\"379\" height=\"504\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Interesting juxtaposition as I ready myself for much needed sleep; that of well earned muscle aches and blistered tootsies, accompanied by joy over the reason for them.\u00a0 Awakened at 5:30 this morning and by 6:30, I was helping to haul boxes, bags, bananas and water bottles, t-shirts and tote bags, granola bars, balloons and&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":233,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,2,13,70,19,3,22,14,4,15,16],"tags":[3781,3273,3782,4897,3780],"class_list":["post-6456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-attracting-what-you-desire","category-bliss","category-blissfull-thinking","category-community","category-empowerment","category-gratitude","category-healing","category-how-to-invite-bliss","category-inspiration","category-living-their-bliss","category-my-personal-bliss","tag-chester-co-pa","tag-domestic-violence","tag-domestic-violence-center-of-chester-county","tag-edie-weinstein","tag-walk-a-mile-in-her-shoes"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Achey Feet, Happy Heart - The Bliss Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/2014\/05\/achey-feet-happy-heart.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Achey Feet, Happy Heart - The Bliss Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&nbsp; 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