For months now the pressure was on. The ability to ride in my first airplane ride has come.
I was fully prepared mentally. All of the apprehensions and butterflies were practically all washed away. Ha! Ha! Well not completely, but just bout. The apprehension of taking what I would consider such a risk was something that I as willing to take in a effort to get offer a fear that was within me for the better half of my life. I say better half because, in my earlier years, the opportunity to fly was not something that was within the significant part of my families culture. In other words, flying wasn’t common in my families history! It wasn’t a goal for many, not just due to fear and ignorance, but also due to a lack of opportunities and perseverance.
Well…I wanted to seek beyond this disadvantage. My possibility has now became an opportunity for myself. I wanted to give this opportunity everything I got. I wanted to change the cycle for the newer generation within my families tradition.
The time had come, I was built up with excitement. Taking advantage of another opportunity to beat the odds. Butterflies begin to build up in my stomach while I waited on the plane patiently for what was next. The plane begin to move. I closed the window to avoid my own inner fear. I stopped guessing when it was actually “Time for take-off” due to my own paranoia and false alarms within my own mind. As the plane seemed to circle the runway, I closed my eyes and begin to meditate quietly.
Once I knew that we were approaching the sky due to a change in the speed and shift of the plane, I slowly opened the window. That’s when I noticed that the plane had NOT yet lifted from the ground, but was gathering speed to lift into the beautiful sky. At this very moment, i realized that the run way seemed a lot larger then I expected. What I thought was take off wasn’t. It seemed as if the pilot was playing with a trick on me. All I could do was breath, and make peace within my emotions.
The feeling of take off was obvious due to the change in the plane lifting upward. I could also tell by the way my back shifted to the back pressed hard against my seat. I bravely held on tightly to my arm rest. As the plane reached a point where it leveled out…I developed the comfort-ability to look out of the window. What I saw was BEAUTIFUL!! I felt a sudden feeling of accomplishment and relief. The feeling of being “REBORN!”
It was incredible!!
Afroqueen_Latisha 