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<\/a><\/div>\nHe adored those sneakers. They\u2019re marketed as \u201cclassic hi-top kicks (that) have remained true to the original Chuck Taylors to give your little one some authentic, old-school style.\u201d \u00a0When he spied them at the East Brunswick Kohl\u2019s last spring, they were a fresh Royal blue. Our basketball-loving boy was delighted to learn that American basketball player Charles Hollis \u201cChuck\u201d Taylor was also a shoe salesman and that Chuck Taylors are history\u2019s best-selling basketball shoes. From daily wear, including on the basketball court, the rubber soles eroded. And now our son\u2019s socks (or ankles) are visible from both sides of each sneaker where the canvas wore away.<\/p>\n
It is hard sometimes to explain to young ones how the world we inhabit is much less important than the world we hope to inherit. Or how the world we know is younger than the kingdom created for us before time began. Perhaps our son\u2019s beloved Chuck Taylors serve as a reminder for him, and for me too, of what Our Lord makes clear in His Sermon on the Mount.<\/p>\n
\u201cDo not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and decay destroy, and thieves break in and steal. But store up treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor decay destroys.<\/a>\u201c
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