LJI topic 6, "heel turn": my unlucky feet, how I first heard Godde, & how I perceive that moment now

[belenen]

icon: "gamine (a photo of me as a seven-year-old child, freckled with frizzy hair and a solemn expression, leaning against a tree)"My feet have always been the most unlucky part of me. I pulled a tendon in my foot so badly that I had to wear a cast; part of my heel got deeply scraped on a shell at the beach; the head of a nail made a hole in my

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[roina_arwen]

Goodness, I'm glad the experience left you with good feelings about the universe and its power to protect you when you needed it most.

[belenen]

thank you!

[mac_arthur_park]

I am speechless. What an amazing piece.

[belenen]

oh wow, thank you!

[belenen]

*grimaces and nods*

[webgirluk]

It's interesting to read this childhood experience and your thoughts at the time compared to now surrounding the moment when you took the wrong step and injured yourself. I don't follow any singular deity keeping me safe, either but I'm glad to read of your experience at the time and how it helped you. It made for a magical moment you can look back on at the time you needed it.

[belenen]

thank you! it was an experience that formed a very central part of my identity for a long time.

[eternal_ot]

The experiences that shape us up as we grow. Good to know that there was something positive that you remember fondly :)

[belenen]

thank you