A path laid between two sides, carrying the traveller across.
Bridges have always been more than stone or wood — in myth they connect the worlds of the living and the dead, the known and the unknown.
Transition, link, and trust. The bridge shows that distance can be crossed, and that connections create new paths forward.
Bridge reminds us that we are always moving between stages of life — childhood to adulthood, endings to beginnings, isolation to belonging.
Pause when you cross any bridge, physical or symbolic. Ask: What passage am I making right now?
Bridges endure because connection is the nature of life itself — no gap is ever too wide to be crossed.
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