Photo of the day:
Rockies from a distance.....
So for today:
Things
are relative in this life. It is hard to judge a mountain from a distance. I
remember the first time we traveled west and crossed the Rockies. In North Carolina
when you head for the mountains; once you see them on the horizon, you will be
there in less than 4 hours.
I thought the same of the
Rockies. However, once we spotted them it was a couple DAYS before we actually
got there. Of course the highest peak in NC is about 5,000 ft. The Rockies go
to 14,000 ft. Quite a difference.
That is about big stuff. I would bet more people trip and fall in the USA over an inch change in a
surface rather than a foot high. The
average person doesn’t raise their feet more than 1/2” as they walk, we are
vulnerable. And YES I have fallen a few
times over something small.
Today
I felt a gravel in my shoe, it felt like it was the size of marble. When I took
off my shoe, it wasn’t as large as a BB.
I had a tooth filled once, as we traveled thru Idaho. By the time we drove
to lower Utah I stopped in a small town to get a dentist to grind the filling
down, it felt like it was much higher than it should be, maybe an inch LOL! The
dentist charged me $8 to cut less than a 32nd of an inch. He
described it as about the thickness of a sheet of paper. LOL
Yeah funny, your tongue and feet can’t be trusted to tell you the size
of something. What is that old saying, “You bit off more than you can chew!” That is true in many cases of life ………. Mine
anyway!
There
is a man in our hometown who knows more than anyone in the world. Heads go down
when he walks towards someone, people are tired of hearing him and he will never
know it. I thought of that when a man approached our table this morning to tell
us ABOUT HIMSELF.
After about 10 minutes, our ‘insightful’ waiter, stopped by and informed
the gentleman his food was on his table. WHEW
I hope I am not, but there are some people who are worse than gravel in
your shoe! L
Nite Shipslog
PS.
Thank all of you that read here. I enjoy comments and
appreciate them as I read. It is great to have
friends! ;-)
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6 comments:
I tripped on a snowflake the other day. Also, some time ago I had a hole in my shoe and it was letting in water. So I made another hole for the water to get out.
God bless.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a77yHpjdUtU
You are so right. And it's funny something so small can be felt as so big. I went to a group yesterday and asked someone how they were - and thirty minutes later I was sorry I did!
I always enjoy what you write about. I'd never want to not listen to what you have to say. So true about that rock in your shoe. Always feels bigger than what it really is. They say everything is bigger in Texas. We have mountains, but they are not as big as the rockies. We flew to CA once and I saw Mt. Baldi, we were so close, it was scary.
What great examples of perspective; I can sure identify!
I need to share this with Tom who, for whatever reason, has begun shuffling when he walks -- and has actually fallen a couple times.
Your 'friend' reminds me of the Beatles' splendid song, "All the lonely people ... where do they all come from? ... where do they all belong?"
I often trip over high spots in the road while walking. Nick thinks it's funny. I also tripped over a crack in the sidewalk once. That was not so funny as I walked home bloody and bruised. We held the laugh til later.
Sometimes a plate of food looks small until I begin to eat it.
Think big
Lisa
I think we all know someone who knows everything. :)
I know what you mean about the small stone in your shoe. Happens to me all the time.
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