| I recalled my first flight as a teenager
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| | among the clouds of yesterday and
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| leaving one country for another to
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| | tomorrow.
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| continue my education. The excitement of
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| | Yawning, I glanced through the window
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| foreign adventures was mixed with the
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| | again. If you leave London in the late
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| sadness of leaving my family. As the
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| | afternoon flying west ward toward New
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| plane took off and the northern coast of
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| | York, you would experience a prolonged
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| South America dropped below the horizon,
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| | twilight period. It's as if you were
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| I remember brushing a small tear off my
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| | racing after the sun, never quite
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| cheek, yet smiling at the glorious
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| | catching up as it drops into its nest in
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| possibilities of exploring a new,
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| | the west, leaving you to sleep or gaze
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| fascinating and sometimes frightening
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| | hypnotically in its spell.
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| world. It would be years before I would
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| | Another yawn as I glanced again at the
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| see my family again.
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| | clouds. There weren't many of them, but
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| I don't sleep much on airplanes and I
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| | they appeared to come to life changing
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| read very little when up in the air. High
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| | shapes and evolving into new, intriguing
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| above the clouds enveloped in this
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| | forms, ever so slowly, ever so peacefully
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| meditative environment, I much prefer to
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| | as we sailed overhead.Here was one that
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| reflect on the nature of reality, to
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| | resembled a giraffe,long neck, spots and
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| philosophize and luxuriate alone in my
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| | all stood out against the pale blue sky.
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| thoughts. Today was no different as I
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| | And over there, another cloud took the
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| reflected on the past week. Indeed it was
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| | shape of an acacia tree,complimenting the
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| a grueling one. My body's bio-clock was
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| | giraffe on the African landscape. Lower
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| indecisively choosing among time zones
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| | and somewhat farther to my right was one
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| across three continents, but my mind, at
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| | shaped like a car - a Volkswagen beetle
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| ease on an uncrowded flight, was drifting
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| | no less.
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