Today, I watched the sun set over the clouds at an altitude of 30,000 feet. If that’s not amazing, I don’t know what is.
I’m one of eight SFA students in London right now participating in the Meet The Media study abroad trip. It’s a trip designed for mass communications majors to meet successful people in their field of study in London and Paris. Three weeks ago, I didn’t think I was going to get to go.
This past semester, I took 16 hours of college courses, I worked 25-30 hours at one job, and anywhere from 20-30 hours at another. It was by far the most difficult semester so far, but I did it because I needed to come on this trip. I needed to meet these invaluable resources before I graduate from college.
What I didn’t realize is how much I would get that I didn’t know I needed.
It’s really hard to be sad when you’re watching fields and trees zoom out gradually until they’re replaced with magnificent, rolling clouds. It’s hard to hurt when you’re watching the sky turn the deepest orange you’ve ever seen off of the reflection of the clouds. You can’t focus on internal chaos when you’re fixated on the glowing gems of towns lit up at night, and you’re imagining all of the people down there living their own lives and facing their own battles. It’s hard to stay rooted in your problems when you’re being transported into a whole new world.
Seeing all of this in one day- well two, but I haven’t slept yet- was the therapy I didn’t know I needed. Today, I watched the sun set over the clouds at an altitude of 30,000 feet, and if that’s not amazing, I don’t know what is.
