Along The Way

They say we're all going somewhere. Sometimes we get there and find out it isn't as good as we thought it would be. Sometimes we never seem to arrive and those of us who do often have somewhere else to head after.

And sometimes things happen along the way and find ourselves faced with a huge gap we can't cross. Ever since nature created the first fallen log across a stream, bridges have been a wonderful way fix that problem.

Symbolically, if you dream of bridges they say you may be going through a transition in your life: from one state to another. Single to married. Employed to retired. Rags to riches. Conservative to liberal. VHS to Blue Ray.

Freud once said that women who wanted to be men dream of bridges that don't connect to the other side. I suppose that went for men that wanted to be women as well. Then again, medicine and technology wasn't as advanced back then. These days, I suppose they dream of fully connected bridges.

Social media, email, the telephone and Skype gives us ways of connecting. And when we connect, people can build bridges.

If you're building a bridge for me please allow me to decide whether I want to cross or not. I'll know whether I want to when I come to it. It may not be on my route right now but if I should feel like a detour down the road I'll be sure to check it out.

And if it's the one about a man wanting to be a woman don't be surprised if I give it a total pass.