Flying Again

Sunny cool morning today. The humidity is way down. The combination is a good thing. I have gotten an early start on my way into the office.

 

Yesterday after much agonizing and fighting with websites, I purchased two airfares to Portugal. It’s not the fighting with the websites which bothers me. What bothers me is the certainty I will eventually have to get on an airplane. Flying is the biggest issue. I am less afraid of flying now than I have been in the past. Still don’t like it. Valium will be needed to get me on board that long metal tube. Still, I feel I must go.

 

Every morning when I wake up I find something that troubles me immensely about what is occurring in my country, in this the land of my birth. I would never give up or disavow my American citizenship. But like someone in a long-term committed relationship hitting a really rough patch, I feel it is time we spend some time apart. No country is the shining city on the hill. But sometimes looking at a relationship from a distance gives perspective and a sense of how to move forward.

 

Several areas exist in my life where I feel it is time I gain perspective. Must be the philosophy I have been reading. The ethic of observe, consider, disassemble, re-construct and adopt has taken root in me.

 

Oh well it is back to the language podcasts again. Got to learn how to ask for more than beer in Portuguese.