Monumental Monday

I took my camera with me on a recent trip into the neighborhoods of Portland.  What I found was a certain love affair that we have for statues and monuments.

Some large

Some small

Statues to commemorate events

Monuments to great people

     

Monuments to bad taste

Monuments to our best friends

  

All these monuments are dedicated to a past.  What of the present?  I think that every time we show kindness we are building our own monument.  Hold the door open for someone? There’s a brush stroke on your life’s canvas!  Give a needed hug?  That’s a chip in the marble block of your life’s sculpture.

All these add up until in the end…

you’ve cast an effigy that may not be remembered by millions, but by the ones that have been touched by your kindness, laughter and grace.