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A Quick Read On An Unexpected Strategy To Resolving Restless Problems
A couple weeks ago, I was riding my bike along the river when I noticed a word spelled out in rocks on the riverbank. The rock-spelled word was laid out such that a person standing on the opposite bank could read it.
It reminded me of the giant messages beachgoers leave in the sand for balcony-onlookers to read from afar.
As I pedaled past it, I tried to decipher what the Word In The Rocks was, but it looked mostly like a series of odd geometric shapes from my view.
I rode along and decided it was probably only legible from far away.
Weeks have passed since, but something about that illegible riverbank rock-word stayed with me.
How many other things in life are best understood from a distance?
How often am I too close to something to really understand it?
When could a shift in perspective help something become clearer?
With my relationships, my work, my family, current events — I often feel frustrated by my lack of understanding, and my gut reaction is to blame the “thing.”
