You might think of a bridge as a road or walkway over the top of a river, that allows you to get safely from one side to the other. But for a fish, a bridge is an awning, a means of providing shade as you loiter comfortably in the water.
What will you look at today from someone else’s perspective?
I had just been looking at a picture of my niece and nephew’s little dog, gazing up at my nephew as he took the picture, so it seemed she was now looking up at me. Then I received your post. I am now sitting here wondering how it must be for that tiny dog to look up at huge giants, as we humans must seem to her, and not be afraid of us. Actually engage with us. When she enters a room, she trots around from one to another, jumping up on our laps, sniffing and licking us, checking us out. How must it feel to be that engaged with powerful giants?
Margaret, I understand your comment related to small versus giant size! It’s an interesting thought. Another kind of observation: I’ve talked recently with someone about the way in which dogs can usually recognize faces and are friendly with those with whom he/she relate that way.
Recently our faith group has experienced knowing that one of our current visitors is in the process of changing from a female to male personage. Ari (she) is now Elias (he) and during the transformation, the type of clothing worn and demeanor is not completely clear to us in remembering to address him in that manner instead of as she from before. We have changed his name tag to Elias; we are all trying to use “he” when talking to or about him. It is proving to be a shift in seeing this person in a very different perspective, especially since he has the male partner from before that we thought was in a male/female relationship.