Posted on 09/08/2017 8:05:05 AM PDT by the_boy_who_got_lost
A couple years ago, I bought the best-fitting pair of running shoes I’ve owned in a decade.
This is significant because I have rather oddly shaped feet and the break-in process for shoes can be uncomfortable.
This pair was different because I was able to search through dozens of shoe models on a website, following directions to determine the best fitting shoe. I was able to purchase a ready-made shoe at a reasonable price. They fit wonderfully.
These shoes were available because a relatively free market allowed engineers in one country to design the shoes, workers in another country to build them, and me to buy them in the U.S.
Many people with specialized skills came together to build a shoe that fits my oddly shaped feet, and I am thankful for it.
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How does it affect others is someone wants 30 pairs of shoes? Who is to say that two or three pairs are okay but four are too many? If lots of shoes make a person happy, who are we to interfere? My uncle had buildings full of antque guns. In his nineties, he is having a blast selling them. Anyone over consuming is creating jobs in design, production, distribution and sales.
I've tried so many kinds over the years I've lost track.
I'll search no further. Worth every nickel.
Love the verses in Ecclesates in this article, about a happy man, a content man is allowed to partake in their toil.
The Apostle Paul said the same thing to Timothy. 2Ti 2:6 The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits.
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