Descents and Detours

Don’t place your mis­takes on your head, their weight may crush you…Instead, place them under your feet and use them as a plat­form to view your hori­zons.
~Unknown 

Seat backs and tray tables are in their upright position.

You leave terra firma and the antic­i­pa­tion of your des­ti­na­tion fills you with excite­ment. You rise like a phoenix above the clouds and the horizon is all yours. Auto pilot is on and you’re cruising smoothly at 30,000 feet without a care in the world.

But then…

The tower says con­di­tions are such that you’ll need to detour from your desired des­ti­na­tion. An unsched­uled lay­over is necessary.

That. wasn’t. the. plan.

You once again take charge of the con­trols. The detour is unex­pected, unde­sired and uncharted. Anxiety increases as you begin the descent.. The clouds are thick and it’s impos­sible to see where you’re going. But soon, the horizon appears again and you can focus on get­ting everyone safely to the alter­na­tive destination.

There’s no way of knowing how long the lay­over will be. But soon, new flight plans will be cre­ated and new hori­zons will be waiting.

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The photo? Taken out my window on our flight to Florida to visit the kids and grand loves. It was dark thirty when we left, but the sun­rise was framed so nicely around the plane’s wing, I couldn’t resist.

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