Miss Goody Two Shoes

Yesterday, I prayed for a return to normalcy. Today, I realize that I can't pray for that, because one does not return to something they never were to begin with. I am NOT normal. :) Does anyone else in the world live their life as though it's a musical???? I think of songs all day long, and music is a big joy in my life, but COME ON!!! A couple days ago I had an "oldie" stuck in my head, and this morning I woke up to the song by Adam and the Ants "Goody Two Shoes" (anybody remember them??) I won't post the video here, because I'm not sure that it's a positive message to the song, but anyway, the link to it is up there, for those that just like 80's music.

I know why this song was in my head. I'm quitting smoking, and for now, I'm not drinking because drinking makes me want to smoke. So I've quit both for an undetermined amount of time (not the smoking- I plan on that being for the rest of my life.) Anyway, so I looked in the mirror this morning as soon as my eyes were clear of their stickiness, and I could once again see through my Night and Day contacts (I keep them in, night and day for 30 days at a time, then I put in a new pair) the first words out of my mouth were "You don't drink, don't smoke, what do you do?" And of course, I started laughing. (Even depressed, I'm a nut.) Then I wondered, where did the term, "Goody Two Shoes" come from??? Doesn't everyone that has two feet wear two shoes??? Was "Goody" a brand of shoe at one time??? Does anybody out there know? Well I'll share with you- because I just had to know.

"Little Goody Two-Shoes" was the heroine of a children's story of the same title, first published in 1765 and often attributed to that favorite of English graduate students everywhere, Oliver Goldsmith. The story, such as it is, concerns a poor waif who has somehow managed to make it through life with only one shoe. Finally rewarded with another, she scampers over hill and dale pointing at her feet and crying "Two shoes! Two shoes!" in so cloying a manner that her name has lived through the ages as a symbol of puerility. "Goody" is a contraction of "Goodwife," a form of address roughly equivalent to our "Mrs.," and now archaic.

Feel better, now that you know? I do. :)

And now for the point of this pointless chatter. Are you a "goody two shoes?" Do you point out to everyone you meet, whether by your actions, or your words, that you are a good, good person, worthy of reward?? Do you come across as holier-than-thou? I don't know of anyone that enjoys being around a goody two shoes. I don't know about you, but I've always found them to be annoying. Why is that? Well because I'm not one, that's why! Remember today that:

But now the righteousness of God apart from the law is revealed, being witnessed by the Law and the Prophets, even the righteousness of God, through faith in Jesus Christ, to all and on all who believe. For there is no difference; for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, Romans 3:21-23 NKJV (emphasis mine)

Blessings to you.

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