How To Build The Impossible Bridge

If your situation seems too dark, too desperate, too impossible, I want to float a message of hope to you. There is a light.

I’ve been there with you. I’ve looked down at the edge and looked down. It’s a terribly steep fall with no bottom. And standing on one side of that chasm, sometimes I can almost reach out and touch the other. The two sides are that close. In other situations, the divide is expansive.

But I believe in bridging the divide. I’ve seen it done in the worst and the best of situations and it can be fixed in your world.

The Niagara Falls suspension bridge was an idea born in the fertile mind of William Merritt in 1846. He wanted a way to span the chasm that separated Canada and the United States, opening doors for both commerce and culture.

Most experts agreed it couldn’t be done. The span was too great. But Merritt still dreamed.

One day, while watching children fly their kites over the falls, he came up with an idea. He sponsored a contest and paid $5 to the first one who could loft their kite to the other side. Sure enough, one lad did it and the kite string was secured with a strong stake.

Meticulous, Merritt strung a larger cord across the divide, using the kite string as a guide. Then he pulled a heavier line, then a rope, and finally a wire cable. From this beginning a bridge was built.

Sometimes, building a bridge seems impossible. Critics on both sides will tell you it cannot be done.

But if you can float a sting of love to the other side – across the chasm, it may one day lead to a bridge of trust.

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How to Build the Impossible Bridge