“I'd Walk a Mile to Get Where I Want to Be" ©
Posted: Wednesday, July 13, 2011
by Arlene Wright-Correll
http://www.learn-america.com
When I was a kid in BrooklynI remember the slogan, “I’d walk a mile for a camel”. For those who do not remember it this was a slogan for Camel cigarettes. Though I have never been a smoker for no other reason than it seemed a stupid way to burn up money, I have always remembered that slogan and I have walked many miles simply because in my younger days it was the only way to get from one place to another. There were no obese kids in my childhood memories as we probably just walked off the calories all day long.
All my life I have walked a mile to get where I want to be. The premise is good when one really looks at the underlying message and for me it always was if I wanted to get to a goal then I would have to work at it and often I could substitute work for the word walk.
Thinking over this week’s writing assignment, “I'd walk a mile for (or to)", I could have written about walking 13 miles one day to get from one place to another simply because I did not have the bus fare, or all the hikes and mountain climbs I have taken in my life time, or remembering that in my “olden days” one could safely walk just about anywhere. We did not have a car nor did anyone else in my family until I was almost 14 years old.
However, changing the word walk to work allows me to put forth a simply message, nothing is free and one must work for what they want and especially towards one’s goals.
May the Creative Force be With You.
Arlene Wright-Correll
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