The speed increases, the wheels go up and you're off. Flying is getting from point A to point B in a respectable amount of time.
You might fly all the time, you might not–I don't know your life. But have you ever looked out the window while taking off in a plane? When you're at the point where you haven't reached the clouds yet but can view the entire city you're departing from? It's incredible. It might be the most underrated thing in the world. Aside from a crepe I ate one time, but that's a whole different story.
Although you might not appreciate it, just take a second to think about it. As I took off on my flight leaving Dublin, it was 6:55 a.m. As we entered the sky I looked out my window. All I could see were little specs of light all around in the darkness. Those little specs of light were people's homes.
It puts life into perspective in a way. Each dot represents a house, each house is a home to someone out there, and these people all have their own lives. They have their fair share of daily obstacles and issues as well as things to be happy about. It makes you wonder what each of these "specs" life is like if you will.
From the outside looking in things are never as they seem. From the outside looking in you don't know nearly as much about people's lives as you might think you do. We only know what we see on social media and hear through the so-called grapevine.
Pictures can be deceiving and people keep things to themselves so they don't have to burden others with their problems. That's life, so I guess it's our responsibility to keep an open mind when viewing other people. We are outsiders to them as they are to us. We only know what they want us to know and nothing more.
I can't help but wonder what those people on the ground are doing while I sit in this airplane. Some are fast asleep, others are working night jobs just to get by, and some are out enjoying themselves. Everyone's living their individual lives and all they are to me right now is bright tiny specs on the ground. But we both know they're so much more than that.
It's cool to know that everyone has their own story I guess. When you walk around cities or your college campus try to put your phone away for five minutes and take a second to look around. Take in all the people who pass you by. Think about how each person you pass has their own life, goals, problems and so on. Think about everything you have gone through and how chances are you don't wear a shirt that lists all of your current life problems.
Everyone's fighting their own battle that you know nothing about. Everyone is merely a spec of light on the ground as you fly through the sky.
The higher you go, the closer you get to the clouds and the quicker you pass those small specs of light by, only to forget about them in an instant. We're so worried about our own lives, we typically forget that we aren't the only ones who experience the hardships of life.
