Nail in the shoe

As I left for work one day I realized something poking inside my right shoe. I twisted my leg to see what's there but saw nothing, being in a hurry I decided to make a move and check it later. I reached office and removed my shoe to check and still found nothing visible. "It must be a nail I can't see, maybe I'll have to remove the insole and check or may be go to a cobbler", I thought and wore the shoe again. Not having got the time to get it checked I continued to wear it everyday. In due time I got used to it. I knew how to adjust my foot inside the shoe, my stride and the angles at which, when I place my foot down,  it hurts and adjusted accordingly so it wouldn't bother me. 

After about a week or so while sitting in the train and looking at the shoe I realised how in life we adjust when something isn't right. Like the nail in the shoe, in life we have such situations, relationships, people, memories etc which do us no help and only keep 'poking' at us and causing hurt and yet instead of finding a solution, we learn to adjust with them. We learn to adjust with people, we let memories of past and worries of the future dwell, we let toxic relationships remain. The key to a happy life is to face whatever comes up in life, find a solution and get done with it rather than letting it be there and adjusting to live with it. Not everything or everyone that has come into your life, or every thought that has come to your mind, deserves to be there. Sometimes you just need to 'remove the nail from the shoe' and if you can't do it yourself seek the help of a 'cobbler'. 

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