Have you ever thought about the "everyday luxury" and the physical activity to be able to cut your own toenails?
There's a
lot of heart in our work with safety equipment, we look at what we do as an opportunity
to endorse the human freedom to activate the body and experience the
environment, simply giving the soul some “feel good”. This opportunity may
appear to be obvious, abstract and fuzzy but the fact is that when it is taken
away, this obvious freedom turns to something very real and troubling.
I have had
the misfortune to experience a bad hip, not as bad as an injured back, nor so
bad that it has not been possible to fix, but bad enough to experience the
imprisoned and dependent feeling of having limited mobility, dependent on
others and incapable to activate my body and experience adventures and physical
challenges.
Some days
ago something a bit odd struck methought on the subject, for the first time in
six months, since my last operation, I managed to cut my own toenails myself.
Previously, due to limited physical capability and pain, I could not reach them
and therefore not cut them. Have you ever thought about the physical activity
to be able to cut your own toenails yourself is an everyday luxury?
Nah, me neither.
At least not before, but some days ago the realization came to me, the feeling
of a somebody that sits down on his knees in front of you, takes out a pair of
scissors and put it on your toes are not luxurious but rather frightening and
inferior.
