"If we find ourselves with a desire that nothing in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that we were made for another world." - C.S. Lewis - quote found @ Good Reads
Ever since I was little I've loved flying. As a child, still at times even now, I dreamed of being able to fly. (i.e.: Peter Pan style) As the above quote from C.S. Lewis says, it shows that we're not made for this world. I believe in some way when I get to Heaven that there will be a way to be able to fly. :) For now I have to let amazing technology of this world Temporarily satisfy my longing. Thanks to the perseverance of people like the Wright Brothers, we now have this amazing thing called an airplane!
Ever since I was little I've loved to watch the airplanes fly by, dreamed of one day riding in one and also dreaming of working at our local airport.
Well when I was about 13 years old I had the opportunity to fly in my first airplane. I was headed to Haiti on a missions trip with my dad. At the time we lived in Pennsylvania, so we were to fly out of Newark, NJ to Miami, to Port au Prince, Haiti. I was so excited, we were just about ready to lift off (literally) when the pilot puts the brakes on. What! :) Yes I was bummed but when he said why I was okay. :) (an indicator light had come on). Oh Well I was going to get to do that again! :) Well at that point we had to be transferred to Laguardia in New York for a non stop flight in to Port au Prince. I can't remember anything else till we arrived. :) Long story short, the part that may have scared some people from flying just made me all the more excited to do it again! :)
After that trip it wasn't till years later that I again had the opportunity to fly. But that is getting ahead of myself. :)
Like I said earlier I had also dreamed of one day working at our local airport. At the time we lived near Harrisburg International Airport (international, either because it had a long enough runway or because it had one flight from Canada....never quite understood that one). Fast forward to 2006, I'm just finishing up Travel school and have the opportunity to work at the Harrisburg Airport for American Eagle! It was definitely exciting but also very stressful. The amazing part is that God allowed this dream to be fulfilled just 6 months before I moved half way across the country.
I am so thankful that He gave me that opportunity, I enjoyed it but man I don't think I'd ever want to go back. One thing though, it has helped me to be a better traveler. I know what to watch for, mainly if my flight may be delayed but it also helps me to have an understanding for what the ticket agent is going through when they're dealing with delays. Y'all it is Not an easy thing to rebook an entire flight, be kind to those airport agents! You'll get where you're going, it just might be a slight delay. :)
When I was at Harrisburg, not long before I was leaving, we had a whole weekend of Stress. You see we only flew to Chicago's O'hare airport at that time. When Chicago goes down, especially in the morning, OY, it effects the rest of the day. Like a fellow airline employee from London told me once, "Airlines are the only place you're worried about the weather in Chicago from London". :) She was/is probably right. :) Back to that weekend. The weather rolled into Chicago that morning, so we started rebooking passengers to later flights and on different carriers. By late afternoon we had a line of people starring us down, waiting to be rebooked on the next available flight, which by this time, wasn't till the next day. They weren't happy and I had had my limit, I ended up in tears. Thankfully I had a great boss, he pulled me back into the office and helped me calm down. We finished the night and that line was gone.
That was when I learned that This too shall pass. It doesn't just keep going, it will have an end and I won't be stressed out, with a line of unhappy customers starring me down. :)
And it did, I've since moved on to be the passenger now. I have had what I consider a blessing, to be able to travel on occasion for work. Each time I get to Take Off, Soar and Land is exhilarating. This year I will finally get to cross the Atlantic, now that shall be an experience.
"When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return."
— Leonardo Da Vinci - quote found @ - Business Aircraft Center
Anyway, that was my simple dream of getting to fly and to work at a place I thought would be neat. I love how God desires to give us even the simplest of desires. Sometimes right away and sometimes years down the road.
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