Fill Your Shoes

Your shirt's too large

Your stride too long

You stand firm

I'm not that strong

You've made choices

You're usually right

I make mine

With you in sight

No ones perfect

Except for you

From what I see

My point of view

I try real hard

To make you proud

My voice gets lost

In the crowd

I try to live

The way you would

I try to do

The things I should

I make mistakes

And always lose

When I try

To fill your shoes

So I will follow

Close behind

Please understand

This life is mine

And though I walk

A different way

I still listen

To all you say

So when I stumble

And start to fall

Please remember

I feel small

Reach out your hand

And help me up

For what I need

Is just your love

I have been blessed to be a part of an incredible family.  I have had the good fortune of knowing several fantastic people in my life.  I have learned so much from all of these people.  I look to them for inspiration and guidance.  And there are times that I wish I could be more like any one of them.  In fact, there have been times that I have tried to do things the way I think they would.  Unfortunately, I usually fail when I try to be something I am not.  I cannot possibly fill their shoes. 

It is one thing to follow someone's example, it is something entirely different to walk in their shoes.  When you try to walk in someone else's shoes, failure is almost guaranteed.  We all have our own shoes, our own path, our own experiences.  And chances are there are people looking to you and trying to fill your shoes.  It would seem that each of us should walk our own path, fill our own shoes and reach out in love to those around us. 

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