As I wait here at Terminal 5 for my flight, I realized how much it has changed. Which then had me thinking , how long have i not been inside an airport. I have dropped people off and recieved many , but I don’t remember when I last was inside a plane. For almost 20 years I worked for a major airline so I visited my family in California frequently. Of course looking back I didn’t take advantage of the opportunity that the job offered to see the world but you can’t change the past, we must live in the moment. So passport in hand, sneaking by everyone because I have pre TSA check in I am drinking coffee ( no surprise ) and hoping I don’t snore on plane.
Thinking back, I believe my last flight was 2011. It luckily was out of the US so I have a passport. I guess to make up for my long dry spell on the ground I flew 10 hours to Rio. And then 3 hours back up to the north of Brasil. Incredible trip, I really loved going there. But then as I got back to the grind time passed and I stayed put. As comfortable and happy as I was, i really never looked outside my circle. Until you do something new or different, you will never learn. And if you stop learning, you stop growing. And while I have learned a lot about myself lately ( which lead to the creation of this blog ), there is still a world outside for me to experience.
And that is the most valuable thing we can get, experience. As we see and learn other things, it affects and influences us permanently. Just as we have great memories of good times, bad experiences teach is a lesson just as important. That famous saying about nothing growing in your comfort zone is so true. Climb in the ring, take that trip, buy that suit, and even more important, walk confidently to that hot chick and start any bullshit banter. If she blows you off, it was bullshit anyway. But if it starts a little talk, it proves what I have been saying all along, you can be the Man .
Be The Man 