I believe it! We receive the lessons we need to learn... and we keep receiving /em until we get it at least half-way right. At least, it seemed this way to me recently, when a trip from North Carolina to Oregon took a total of 50+ hours travel time, there and back. The smart aleck mantra, “Got time to spare? Go by air!” was in my mind as everything that COULD go wrong DID... equipment malfunction... fog... ice... crew change... lost luggage... extended holding patterns... emergency rates at an airport hotel... except...
Except that, in the end, we DID arrive safely at our destinations. Airline personnel were 100% courteous and friendly. A Travelers’ Aid volunteer pointed us to good-quality food and relatively comfortable chairs for our 12 hours in San Francisco. (Hint: Try the sushi in the International Terminal!)
Patience is a virtue, one hard to come by in a world that counts time in nanoseconds. From soundbites to microwaves, we expect life to come in user-friendly format, and we’re quick to take it personally when it doesn’t. DID YOU KNOW:
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