Sock It To Them – And Rise to the Top

Did you ever hear the story about the sock that when other’s thought he was washed out, he stood up for himself, standing the test of time and is still considered the greatest thinking man’s sock of all time… for he is the great Sockrates…

One day Sockrates brilliance just didn’t seem to shine. Some say, there must have been a greater force at play, or some hand that twisted his fate that led to his rumoured dishevelment. A hand that could have easily turned him completely inside out, but through his wisdom, lived on by successfully defying the odds.

It all started on a Saturday night when The ‘Footy Socks’ were tanked and came home loud and obnoxious whilst the ‘Sports Socks’ were moaning and groaning about their severe bout of athlete’s foot. Friday at work was certainly no walk in the park for Sockrates either. He had a long day of bored meetings. ‘Mr Computer Socks’ on one side continually toe-tapped to prove he could defy gravity and wouldn’t be brought down. ‘Mr Thick Socks’ on the other side was struggling to contribute anything half intelligent and kept interrupting his sentences but couldn’t cotton on to anything Sockrates was saying.

After lunch the ‘Business Socks’ ordered the slackers to get a firmer grip and rise above their current positions suggesting how dispensable they had become with the overseas opponents having their foot firmly inside the door. The ‘Motive Sock’ also added to his woes, suffering from a complete image problem and was seeking inappropriate change. He couldn’t wait
to get home for a good soak to cleanse his sole over the weekend.
When the sun came up that infamous Sunday morning, the ‘Footy Socks’ were heavily snoring and the ‘Sports Socks’ relentless moaning must have finally run their race and retired. He didn’t know what time the ‘Hiking Socks’ had arrived home but they were up early gloating about the mountains they had conquered and peeking at their latest feet.

Sockrates initially struggled to defy the ‘Odds’. He was simply out-weighed in a sock conspiracy. His confidence was being ripped to shreds and was eventually discovered hanging on by the thinnest of threads and was tossed straight in with the ‘Odd Socks’ – inside the basket. He was considered a “basket case” – or otherwise known as an ‘Impaired Sock’.

He became lifeless and felt there was little pegging him to this world and began to sole search. He knew he had a choice to make. He realised that with a little fantasy and clever thought, he could create his own way out or could choose to stay and live with continual separation anxiety and simply perish. He quickly stitched himself up with needles, cotton, colourful beads and buttons and rebuilt himself from toe down and found his way out of the basket – becoming a hand sock puppet and set off to explore the world and became known as The Great Sockrates…the thinking man’s sock…sharing his story to inspire others to not lay defeated and stand up for themselves and change the situation to beat the odds… “Let him that would move the world, first move himself.” Socrates (c.469 BC - 399 BC)