Objects May Be Larger Than They Appear

I pulled into the stranger’s driveway just as dusk began to extinguish the last bit of daylight. So, when my headlights illuminated the item I was there to purchase, I gasped.

“This can’t be right,” I said to no one. To which Google promptly replied, “You have arrived.”

One part of my brain was in awe at realizing the deal I was getting, while the other part frantically tried to eyeball square footage and compare it to my trunk. 

How could this possibly be the cute little tabletop dollhouse I had seen online? The dolls that formerly occupied this monstrosity must have been terrifying giants. My four-year-old daughter herself could climb inside and play. Heck, if I could get past the pink and purple color scheme, our little family of three could move in, with room to spare.

As a single mom, I bought every present second-hand that Christmas. I still love thrifting and giving things a new life. But this particular year, I wasn’t sure what I had gotten myself into. I stacked the car seats in the front passenger seat, folded down all the remaining seats and with the help of the kind (albeit misleading) stranger, I somehow managed to fit Goliath Barbie’s entire estate into my Chrysler. 

Oh, how images can be deceptive without some perspective.

Similar to the disclaimer on the side mirrors of that Chrysler, photos should warn that “objects may be larger than they appear.”

However, they can be smaller than pictured as well. 

Like the time right before heading to an event when I thought I was ordering a party-size bag of chips for said event, only to discover an individual snack-size bag of Doritos in my grocery pickup order. They were gone before I even left the parking lot. 

The mansion-sized burden we carry around may be a tiny bag of three Doritos when we zoom out and look at what others are going through. Likewise, when we widen our depth of field, our seemingly meager situations may actually be lavish blessings.

Either way, our focus should ultimately be on “the things that are unseen," eternal things with glory beyond comparison. 

Perspective is key.

A key that unlocks the door to giant-dollhouse-sized gratitude.

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