you are here

I love maps. Other than the occasional dyslexia (I often think north is always "up"), once I've looked at a map, I can get there without needing to look at a map again. I'm a visual learner for sure. And (yes, I'm bragging) I have a super sense of direction. As in, I have a lot of iron in my nose (or something) and I just know where I am. Or if I've been there once, I can get there again. (The one exception is the house Bill grew up in. He can get there several different ways and I am convinced there's some time portal that you have to go through to get there. It would help if he would go the same way twice, but he never does. So since the beginning of our relationship, I have never been able to figure out how to get to that house. On the other hand, if I were to look at a map -which incidentally I have never bothered to do in this case- I would instantly be able to get there without any trouble.)

Whew. Sorry about that.

One of my favorite things is when I am at a location that has a map (a park, a mall, a museum, etc) that says, "You are here"; I enjoy seeing a very accurate map that is pointing exactly at the spot in which I am standing. As opposed to the arrows that are pointing in the general location and are missing key elements (there's a river right behind us, but it's not on the map). It's the little things.

I google searched for a photo using "you are here" and this is the picture that came up (okay, actually I used Goodsearch, follow the link and you may enter "Quota International of Grand Rapids Charitable Foundation" and we will earn money every time you search with Goodsearch. Of course once you don't find what you're looking for, go use Google...).

I thought this photo was fantastic. And the line, "you are here" goes much deeper... I'm doing a Girls' Summer Bible study with our high school girls and I created the study based on several themes. It started with Through the Window (thanks to Greg and his post about this during his trip to Israel), then at Annual Conference (which I don't think I ever summed up) one of the theme's was The Other Side. I thought of a couple more; Around the Corner, At The Well, and I think the last one is At His Feet, but now I'm thinking I may have to change one to You Are Here. I'm going to ponder that this week and see what, if anything, comes to mind. I think it would be a nice way to wrap up the study and can easily follow At His Feet.