Hallelluia!
A malfunctioning Jet Blue airplane has landed safely at LA International Airport -- a real blessing.
One is tempted to wonder what the passengers did in the course of the three hour ordeal between learning of the defective landing gear and their safe landing. It would be wonderful to think that, perhaps, with their mortality firmly in mind, some passengers got on their cell phones and patched up a quarrel, asked for forgiveness or gave it, or assured someone else of their love, in a way that will have profound and beautiful consequences for the rest of their lives.
And maybe it's not such a bad thing to ask yourself from time to time: If I were stuck in a malfunctioning airplane -- not at all sure that I'd land safely -- what unfinished business would I take care of? And then go do it.
One is tempted to wonder what the passengers did in the course of the three hour ordeal between learning of the defective landing gear and their safe landing. It would be wonderful to think that, perhaps, with their mortality firmly in mind, some passengers got on their cell phones and patched up a quarrel, asked for forgiveness or gave it, or assured someone else of their love, in a way that will have profound and beautiful consequences for the rest of their lives.
And maybe it's not such a bad thing to ask yourself from time to time: If I were stuck in a malfunctioning airplane -- not at all sure that I'd land safely -- what unfinished business would I take care of? And then go do it.
posted by LadybugUSA at 6:47 PM
2 Comments:
And so, Carol, the question must be: what unfinished business would *you* take care of??
I can't imagine what was going through these people's mind as they were flying in circles over the Pacific Ocean....
Or even worse, their family.
It is a miracle that no one was hurt.
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