your daily rock : build a bridge

May 5, 2013 in Daily Rock, General

What is a bridge? What does a bridge do?

I had a powerful conversation about those two questions in a class I was teaching one summer. We drew bridges to remind ourselves of their structure. We talked about what we know about bridges: They connect things, they span distances, they make reaching other places possible, they are able to bear great weight, they have to expand and contract and respond to the wind, they are stable because they are well grounded, and–ultimately–they are well-grounded in a shared earth, however separated those ends are by a great distance.

So, too, with the bridges between humans.

Build a bridge today.

Love,

(These beautifully painted rocks are created by Kim Mailhot, aka The Rock Fairy.

About Patti Digh

Patti Digh is an author, speaker, and educator who builds learning communities and gets to the heart of difficult topics. Her work over the last three decades has focused on diversity, inclusion, social justice, and living and working mindfully. She has developed diversity strategies and educational programming for major nonprofit and corporate organizations and has been a featured speaker at many national and international conferences.