Building for the future

So, after yoga the other day I decided to get a smoothie and go hang out on Goose Island to enjoy it. I wandered around and took some photos of butterflies and ducks and all the usual suspects. I happened to notice some flat rocks that would be good for stacking, so I decided to collect a few to stack and photograph.

I wondered who would notice it and what conversations would it spark. I wondered if people would question how it got there or wonder about the builder. Who did that? Why? I wondered if it would make people smile or bring joy to them. I wondered if someone would see it and decide to build a stack of his/her own.

I wondered how many people would pass by the stack and never even notice it. It was visible from the sidewalk as a tiny part of a much larger landscape.

I wondered how long the stack of rocks would last and what would cause it’s demise. Would it be an unintentional wave or a person who would decide to tip it?

We pour effort into many things in life for an effect that we never see. But, everything we do has an effect on someone or something. I have no idea if that rock stack mattered to anyone, but I want to believe it did.