Ever wonder about tall buildings and how they were built?
Has technology or advanced skill amazed you?
Everything took little steps. There were many helpers along the way.
Every person started as a single cell.
Every building started as an idea.
Every mountain was climbed a step at a time.
Sometimes the scaffolding is long gone. The ladder has been carried away. The rope is rotten.
Sometimes the good advice that started the company... went to the grave with the original owner.
Sometimes echos persist.
Many drawings and paintings had guidelines. Light pencil marks that were painted over.
One of the things I've noticed lately is that some "Wives Tales" and sayings are actually amazingly thoughtful. We say them every day. "A stitch in time saves nine." "There is no such thing as a free lunch." "Good advice you just didn't take."
Maybe I'm reading too much into them. But I don't think so.
They are echos of good ideas that helped people build mental towers and climb abstract landscapes.
Sometimes you can find footprints. Read books. Listen to historians.
Don't think it's magic, just because you can't see the wire, or the steps in-between.
If something is impossible without supports, then we know that at one time there was support. A foothold. A scaffold.
We should also know that there will be support again for those who search and gather and build.
Something to help us progress in life.
(Or at least we can follow those people who find the paths and put up the ladders... assuming they don't take the scaffolding with them when they go.)
(If you got this far, you might wonder, "What's wrong with this guy?" -- Maybe I'm just not very good at turning ideas into easily readable narrative when starting with a vaguely defined topic: Slap down random sentences! It's experimental-style.Maybe next time I'll start with a problem and work toward a solution, instead of trying to present the solution to a problem that might not exist. Thanks.)
