coming across these stairs
in the middle of the woods
wondering what they once led to
and how much time has been lost
since they led anyone there?
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“lost time is never found again. “
-benjamin franklin
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kuebler langford park, ann arbor, michigan, usa
I didn't have my glasses on.... 
Shame about losing time to never be found again. I’d like to find a bit more. 🙂
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it is – and i walked down them, with nothing to be found at the bottom.
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Maybe you were meant to walk up them and find something at the top?
Or maybe the portal only opens to those who …
or at certain times. 🙂
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yes, all possibilities are open –
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I was so glad to read your follow-up comment, Beth, because the curiosity about what lay at the bottom was killing me. 🙂 Thank you for starting Sunday with this great meditation about time!
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i couldn’t stand not trying to see if they led to something. it must have been something in the past, or perhaps something yet to come. you are very welcome –
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I feel that way a lot of the time when I visit old churches that are now too run down to even be tourist destinations. I wonder for how many centuries people poured their dreams into prayers there, imagining themselves to be part of God’s Plan for the future and now it’s fallen to the amoral forces of entropy.
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yes, an interesting observation –
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and with a guide rail.
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yes )
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The stairs make the point exactly. Thanks, Beth.
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you are very welcome, jennie –
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Yes, thoughts I am often having too. How was everything once this or that was just brand new?
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exactly –
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Its so mysterious to walk down a path and as you rightly suggest, an image of life for many of us
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it is, indeed –
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You found them, Beth, and now others can take the path you reclaimed.
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i hope so )
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Oh, what a find
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i was so happy to find it –
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I’m sure!
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Great quote.
I love coming across stairs on hikes. I love where they take my thoughts.
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yes, to all of that, colleen –
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Haunting!
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they are –
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I wonder why they were built, who built them and where are they now..:)
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yes, me too, to all of that –
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It does make one wonder. Stories can be made from our guesses.
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yes, very true –
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Very beautiful and shows the inner detective and explorer in you, Beth. 🕊
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thanks, robin and i know you have that in your blood as well –
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so interesting to wonder where they once led…
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it is )
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Oooooooo… I love this one. When I come up on something like this on a mountain bike trail, I can’t resist to explore.
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it’s impossible not to –
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Thank you for sharing the smile-inducing yet some wistful photo, Beth.
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Love it
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thank you –
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Great post, Beth!
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thanks, leslie –
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That’s kind of sad. 😦
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yes, that’s how it felt to me too –
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