Today’s inspirational and probably cheesy post is brought to you by United Airlines flight from PDX to SJC.
Tuesday morning I left Portland to fly to San Jose at 7am in the morning. Awful. It was a last minute flight change and my only option if I wanted to make it in time for work… Alas, it was still awful. Like typical Portland there was some slight rain. After a minute of take off we hit some really bumpy air that had me clawing for my arm rest. As our pilots ascended and the plane leveled out I looked out my window to see we reached the top of the clouds. We had risen above the storm.
I felt like a lightbulb went off in my head… “Oh, that’s what that means!”
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I have heard the saying many a times but never really given it a second thought. It is so difficult when we are in the midst of chaos to stay calm, think clearly and rise above. Naturally, we prevent ourselves from doing that and instead stay in the storm or perhaps are graced with a moment of serenity while in the eye of it. But when we take that second to push to the top we get the most amazing view of it all. When flying do you look out the window to see the vast land of clouds? It is so beautiful and never ending. I want to jump out of the plane and roll around in its fluffiness. There is no fight worth winning that beats the view of the “rise above the storm”.
Thanks to my recent flight and cheesy blog I am going to take more care in being a riser… a little more “HOT” and a little less “HEAD”. But maybe (just maybe) I will soak in the storm while I’m in it so the view at the top is just a little bit sweeter.
Header image courtesy of Vince Versace.
