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August 28, 2008

What I Like about Airplanes

ME Liz Strauss wrote this at 7:37 am

It’s the ultimate 30,000 view reality. I look out the window and notice that perception isn’t always reality.

I wonder whether the folks in the dark parts of town realize that the sun is shining a few neighborhoods over. Do you suppose the folks in the sunlit neighborhoods think about the parts of town that can’t see the sun?

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My guess is they don’t think about each other.

Sunshine, traffic jams, economic situations, social media conversations — we tend to think what we experience is what is happening everywhere.

That’s why I like airplanes. They remind me to look for the bigger picture.

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15 Comments to “What I Like about Airplanes”

  1. August 28th, 2008 at 7:55 am
    David Damore said

    Liz,
    Right on. There is a bigger picture than our own little world. Thanks for the tip, will keep looking for it.
    David

  2. August 28th, 2008 at 7:57 am
    Karen Putz said

    Ah, but the ones on the right side of the airplane have a different view than those on the left. :)

    What a stunning picture you have up there– where did you take that/find it?

  3. August 28th, 2008 at 8:00 am
    James said

    Flying over the city, especially at night, makes me wonder what all the people do?? Puts my worries in perspective and reminds me there is a great big world out there that’s ready to buy stuff.

  4. August 28th, 2008 at 8:13 am
    Beth Blair said

    Hi Liz,

    What a great way to start the day, getting outside of ourselves and thinking about the big picture.

  5. August 28th, 2008 at 8:27 am
    George Krueger said

    You always find the most interesting way of looking at things, Liz. Even when you’re just looking at things!

    I feel a sense of freedom when I fly. I see the little “Matchbox” cars that somehow now run automatically. I look at the clouds and want to walk on them. It gets my imagination going by bringing out my child-like curiosity.

  6. August 28th, 2008 at 8:33 am
    ME Liz Strauss said

    Hi David!
    It was such fun to find that picture out a perfectly unscratched airplane window. I couldn’t help but have thoughts about the people on the ground. How often do we forget the 30,000 foot view?

  7. August 28th, 2008 at 8:38 am
    ME Liz Strauss said

    Hi Karen,
    Love your point that the folks on the right side of the plane see something different. :)

    I took the picture flying into Seattle last Thursday.

  8. August 28th, 2008 at 8:41 am
    ME Liz Strauss said

    Hi Beth!
    New perspectives always get my day going in a positive fashion. They make feel like I have something great to start with. :)

  9. August 28th, 2008 at 8:51 am
    Gerrit Eicker said

    Nice one. ;)

  10. August 28th, 2008 at 8:55 am
    SpaceAgeSage said

    The view from planes always makes my own problems seem smaller because I realize how tiny we all are in the scheme of things and how many of us are “down here” going through the same stuff.

  11. August 28th, 2008 at 9:55 am
    ME Liz Strauss said

    Hi Sage,
    My problems seem smaller and more distant. For that time that I’m in the air, I have a chance to look at them from a place where I’m not standing inside them. It helps a lot. :)

  12. August 28th, 2008 at 9:57 am
    ME Liz Strauss said

    #5
    Hi George,
    Isn’t interesting how curiosity undoes the emotional power of problems? When we get curious, we let go of the part that worries us. We can play until we find a solution. That’s part of why I like airplanes. :)

  13. August 28th, 2008 at 9:58 am
    ME Liz Strauss said

    #9
    Thanks Gerrit!

  14. August 28th, 2008 at 9:59 am
    ME Liz Strauss said

    #3
    I know what you mean, James.
    It’s a little like remembering that each day is a new one. Just now you reminded me that someone is flying over me at this minute. :)

  15. August 28th, 2008 at 10:27 am
    Ultimate Blogging Experiment said

    Interesting take on things. I guess it would be wonderful to see 30,000 at the same time. I guess it’s too bad that I hate flying. It just scares me to death.

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