Gifts from a Stranger

[yezida]

Why do you reject that which you must know? Take up the work at hand and do not prevaricate within yourself. You are stronger than you know. Correction. You are stronger than you allow yourself to realize. - LVX

Comments

great post

[anonymous]

It seems the synchronicity here is for you both - her for someone to help her through the fear, you for being reminded, and the synchronicity that you sat down next to each other.

- Trish
http://www.ofscarabs.blogspot.com

Re: great post

[yezida]

Yeah. That's how synchronicity often works. I joked to her that *this* is why I couldn't get a direct flight! And she said that she calls people to her when she needs them.

Of course, sometimes synchronicity is just paying attention.

[alfrecht]

Your narrative of this incident, and your comment above, is fantastic stuff, in every sense...enjoyable to read (not in a schaedenfreude fashion, though!), poignant, and well articulated

[hhholiday]

heartening!

[ryanfirewitch]

Wow.... I'm so glad that you were there for her.

What in us needs to control so badly we cannot trust that the pilot will safely land our plane?In some cases, this may be less about trust in the pilot, and more about lack of control when faced with a force of nature seemingly bigger than oneself apparently pitted against technology that one does not really understand. People usually recognize that the pilot is not causing the turbulence, but they often don't know anything about aircraft engineering and aerodynamics, and just how over-engineered planes must be so that they can deal with things like turbulence safely

[nentara]

Amazing story,part of it hit right home with me, I've always used stuborness and control to get through stuff, asking for help has equaled weakness to me. Just what I needed to read today :)