| I recalled my first flight as a teenager leaving one | | | | of yesterday and tomorrow. |
| country for another to continue my education. The | | | | Yawning, I glanced through the window again. If you |
| excitement of foreign adventures was mixed with the | | | | leave London in the late afternoon flying west ward |
| sadness of leaving my family. As the plane took off | | | | toward New York, you would experience a prolonged |
| and the northern coast of South America dropped | | | | twilight period. Its as if you were racing after the sun, |
| below the horizon, I remember brushing a small tear off | | | | never quite catching up as it drops into its nest in the |
| my cheek, yet smiling at the glorious possibilities of | | | | west, leaving you to sleep or gaze hypnotically in its |
| exploring a new, fascinating and sometimes frightening | | | | spell. |
| world. It would be years before I would see my family | | | | Another yawn as I glanced again at the clouds. There |
| again. | | | | werent many of them, but they appeared to come to |
| I dont sleep much on airplanes and I read very little | | | | life changing shapes and evolving into new, intriguing |
| when up in the air. High above the clouds enveloped in | | | | forms, ever so slowly, ever so peacefully as we sailed |
| this meditative environment, I much prefer to reflect on | | | | overhead.Here was one that resembled a giraffe,long |
| the nature of reality, to philosophize and luxuriate alone | | | | neck, spots and all stood out against the pale blue sky. |
| in my thoughts. Today was no different as I reflected | | | | And over there, another cloud took the shape of an |
| on the past week. Indeed it was a grueling one. My | | | | acacia tree,complimenting the giraffe on the African |
| bodys bio-clock was indecisively choosing among time | | | | landscape. Lower and somewhat farther to my right |
| zones across three continents, but my mind, at ease | | | | was one shaped like a car a Volkswagen beetle no |
| on an uncrowded flight, was drifting among the clouds | | | | less. |