Reflective Opportunity

Wow, this blogging is hard. I have been hard pressed to think of something worthy to say. And I've been busy with other things. Updating my facebook status most days has been the limit of my blogging.

Yesterday the top news story was the US Airways A320 that made an emergency landing in New York's Hudson River after flying through a flock of birds just after take off. The pilot is hailed a hero, for finding the solution he did which resulted in saving all aboard.

This story hit me in a way that it wouldn't a year ago. My spouse now works for an airline and as such, our family can get pretty good deals on standby tickets. With taking the family to Anaheim in just over three weeks and with my sabbatical coming up in a few months, I will be flying more than a half a dozen times before the middle of the year.

I have found myself asking: how would I react? Would I be calm on the outside? Would I reach for the cellphone and say my goodbyes; would I grab the video camera and record the inside story (I'd end up on Larry King for sure). Would I be a help to others, or would I be focused only on me?

I don't know. But I'm glad for the reflective opportunity.

(PS: I did laugh at the fact that W's final farewell was all but ignored. If only the world could say that for the last eight years!)