Airborne

Through a series of events that were beyond my control, I found myself taking the long way 'round to Alabama today. To be perfectly honest, I met this new earlier yesterday without a great deal of glee. Interestingly enough, as Anna Kendrick points out in "Cups" the long way round proved to be one of the routes with the prettiest of views. A couple of years ago, I would have boarded that plane with a chip on my shoulder, the window shade closed, and my nose buried in a book or perhaps, even worse, an extended round of Angry Birds. Now don't get me wrong, there's nothing inherently wrong with Angry Birds (particularly the Star Wars series which is quite entertaining) and reading is a great thing to do, but I would have missed out on seeing this view.

Airborne - Somewhere between Baltimore and Chicago

I was reminded today how large the world is and how small I am.  Within a couple of thousand feet of the highest I'm ever likely to get from the surface of the earth, the climate stretched for as far as the eye could perceive. All of this, is contained in the miniscule dust mote as seen from the Voyager Spacecraft from beyond Saturn. The worst thing that happened to me today was I had to spend about four hours in Washington, DC followed by four hours in Chicago.

What a gift. Today was spectacular. I'm looking forward to seeing what tomorrow will create for me to enjoy.