It seems funny to me that all steps are the same size. Who was the one who appointed the size of this conventional step? Is it something that was carefully researched and studied over many years, by numerous highly educated and informed individuals? Or is it randomly chosen based on one guy's step making skills? Maybe when steps were first invented, only one guy had the tools and training to make/install them, so he got to choose their size and it just sort of stuck...?
They say that we are all so accustomed to these standard measurements, that a step off, by even the most minimal amount, can cause quite the uproar! I can attest to this, as one of the steps leading up to my house is slightly larger than the others, and people are tripping on it all the time! (Can you be sued for that?)
I walk up the steps to my stairs on a daily basis, I know that one of those steps is larger than the others, but that knowledge does not help the reality of it. The falling appears to be inevitable. How dumb to you feel when you know that step is in your path -you can see it coming- and yet, when you do finally come to you, you still end up tripping, and often falling.
Steps are important in getting anywhere. Moving up, one step at a time- that's life! Throw in a step even moderately larger than the average one, however, and people will fall. Mainly I will fall. That or I will feel like I am falling.
~Jump then fall~
They say that we are all so accustomed to these standard measurements, that a step off, by even the most minimal amount, can cause quite the uproar! I can attest to this, as one of the steps leading up to my house is slightly larger than the others, and people are tripping on it all the time! (Can you be sued for that?)
I walk up the steps to my stairs on a daily basis, I know that one of those steps is larger than the others, but that knowledge does not help the reality of it. The falling appears to be inevitable. How dumb to you feel when you know that step is in your path -you can see it coming- and yet, when you do finally come to you, you still end up tripping, and often falling.
Steps are important in getting anywhere. Moving up, one step at a time- that's life! Throw in a step even moderately larger than the average one, however, and people will fall. Mainly I will fall. That or I will feel like I am falling.
~Jump then fall~
2 comments:
and here's why you're writing is powerful. no matter your inspiration/subject matter you make it relateable to us the reader. there's an unbridled passion that you let out. and i appreciate that. you make me see things differently. so thank you
Seeing things differently and from a new point of view is a vital part of life, and I fear that it is one that not enough people practice. I feel blessed to have helped guide you towards these different views.
Hearing that my writing has made a difference to someone, even if it is just one person, one time, makes this worthwhile in my eyes, and so I thank you for sharing this with me.
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