One Apple A Day #325
Last year I visited the Acropolis in Athen.
Indeed, one of the world’s wonders.
What amazes me, it’s not just its breathtaking beauty. It is also the realisation of what people were able to build thousands of years ago without the technologies that we now have.
If you haven’t already, you should definitely plan a visit.
But this post is not about travelling or architecture.
This post is about perspective.
The Parthenon that we can admire nowadays was built between the 447 BC and the 438 BC when the Athenian Empire was at the peak of its power. But it wasn’t made on an empty spot. It replaced an older temple of Athena that was destroyed in the Persian invasion of 480 BC.
This fact made me think.
This wonder would not exist without the destruction of a previous one.
While I was walking around Athen, admiring all the remains of ancient Greece, I discovered more stories like this. Beautiful temples built on the ruins of previous ones.
Looking at all this beauty, I can’t help but ask myself what the perspective of the people was in those times? For them, the destruction of the old temple of Athena must have been a dramatic moment. Yet, it was what gave us the wonder that dominates Athens today.
That day I realised the importance of putting everything in perspective.
And even if I don’t believe that everything happens for a reason, we surely can find a reason for everything that happens.