Fear of Flying? Or an Invitation to Magic?
Travel got you nervous?
Before you panic, let me tell you a story — because even the bravest travelers have moments that make their stomach drop.
Before I left Delaware for the Netherlands, a friend — someone who has flown internationally for years — announced, “I’m not going anywhere right now. I’m too nervous about flying and border control.”
I understood her fear… but I couldn’t adopt it.
Not when my love and I live 3,815 miles apart.
Not when my love and I live 3,815 miles apart.
We video chat every night, but this time, five months and one week had stretched between our last embrace. There are some distances your heart simply refuses to obey.
And so I did what I always do before a journey:
I took a deep breath and whispered my favorite travel mantra…
I took a deep breath and whispered my favorite travel mantra…
“I am a lucky traveler.”
And I expect the universe to agree.
And I expect the universe to agree.
