goldmine of purity

"miss……miss…….excuse me. can you pull your window shade up?" 

goodness, service was never quite the same once you the left the confines of the US, that's one thing i knew i missed. customer service basically didn't exist in australia and when it came to the airlines, they were the least accommodating. apparently, when the plane is descending, the entire 45 minutes of it, you must keep all window shades on the aircraft open, so the pilot can look to his left and to his right, of course ;) 

so after rudely being awakened, i hastily slid the shade up and quickly winced, unprepared for the brightness of the outer world. within minutes, i was taking back every scornful thought i had toward the stewardess, because what i had come to see is what i consider to be a "cloud mine."

i was flying through clouds of cotton candy as far as the eye could stretch. it was like something i had never seen before. to the naked eye not an inch of blue sky, green earth, or sultry water could be seen, it was pure, magnificent, blinding white. the clouds were pillowing at every corner, building mountains, dinosaurs, skyscrapers and delicious treats all around us. 

i had been on over 15 different planes in the past 6 months. never once over thought the procedure of taking off and landing, never realizing how major it really is to be miles upon miles above the earth, flying higher than the birds, yet resting just below the angels. 


there are millions of people in the world that would never get the opportunity to fly, not even once. they would never have the opportunity to experience an adult candy land. and here i was, flying somewhere, trying to find some excitement, trying to find something unique….. 

and all along, all i had to do, was open the window to capture the magic. 

xoxo - ShannonSmile