Perspective

I had a really odd moment of perspective today. I was on my way to my friend's graduation party, and I was coming straight from work, so I took the T to Porter Square. There are three escalators to get out of the Porter Square station, and as I was coming up the really long one I noticed that it looked like all of the people on the other side (going down) were leaning really far backward. And then I noticed that it looked like all the people on my side going up the stairs were leaning way too far forward. It was a very odd feeling. I know it was just because of the change in my "horizon" but it was really disconcerting. And I thought about how true that is, that just because of some small but obvious change in perspective things look totally different. I think that's what the end of Job is about. When his friend says to him that he can't question God because he wasn't there when the heavens were made, it makes me think of perspective. God sees all, and I don't; things look skewed to me sometimes when they're really just right. I know it sounds so elementary and hokey, but little things like the escalator make me really notice it.