Flying to Maui last month it was hard to resist getting a crick in the neck while admiring the blue sky and fluffy white clouds below the aircraft.
The view changed often. Varying between a hundred shades of blue and more cloud formations than you could ever describe. In childhood there were always rabbits, dogs, fish and igloos in the clouds. I looked but didn't find any of them on this day.
Relaxing comes easy when tropical sands are the destination and I felt pretty relaxed. Then I looked out once again and saw this. For whatever reason, any remaining tension fell away like a silk veil. It was as though I was silently floating at the edge of the stratosphere, a breath away from leaving this Earth and entering the heavens. Silent. Weightless. Pure. And I understood why astronauts are in awe each time they look down on our Blue Planet.
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