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Better use of what is unusable

“Desire is unlimited but the resources are limited” from what I have been taught at my high school. Given the choice, every individual would prefer to own everything in this world. How greedy are we? But the economists have intervened in the right time and have suggested that judicious use of resources is how we can make sure it meets present demand keeping it available for future generations.

So, how many of you have thought of better idea as to what use the old pair shoe can be of? As the skin of the shoes starts peeling off revealing the inner self, everyone would remark, “It is time I dump it in the bin and contemplate a brand new pair of shoe”. One would instantly forget how much that old pair has served warming our feet in the winter, the ground it has traversed. So, is it the bin that it deserves at the end?

I do not know how many would agree to believe me with the fact that every pair of shoe is the life of animal because it is the skin of the animal that the shoe is made of. So, every pair of shoe u get rid of is almost like claiming yet another soul of the poor creature.

And don’t you think it is environmentally healthy to make better use of old shoe rather than sending it into the bushes for grazing? For instance, it is not bad idea to fill up the old shoe with humus soil and raise flowers in it. And doesn’t it look attractive & innovative too? If it isn’t the humus soil, I suppose the flowers are ought to grow well because it is enough to imagine the old shoe with lots of stinks.

So, imagine the whole balcony of your house filled with beautiful flowers growing in pair of old boot?

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