Lesson from a turbulent plane ride

Shaking

Pitching

Twisting

Up and Down

Bouncing

No control

Palms Sweating

Prayers being said

Over and over again

As the airplane pitches from side to side

Ears clogged

Feet sweaty

Trying to remain brave

When fear is gripping

Holding me in its hand

Because I am in a situation I can’t control

Turbulence like you won’t believe

Pushing us around

Letting us know though we cannot see

There are forces

Invisible forces

That are greater than us

Larger than us

More powerful than us

Respecting their might

Honouring their ability

I ask them to deliver me

Safely to where I am meant to be

If it is meant to be

Then safely back home

I close my eyes and pray

Asking my Sprit Guides and Angels

To help me

To rescue me

And then I surrender

Stop pleading

Stop resisting

What is meant to be

Relaxing in to the rhythm of the turbulence

Into the shifting of the airplane

Accepting I am where I am meant to be

So there is no sense in resisting

No sense in trying to stop what is happening

Or worrying

Because everything is unfolding as planned

And once I let go

The twisting

Pitching

And up and down movements of the airplane

No longer frighten me

As I become one with them

As they become one with me

Teaching a lesson again about life

There are invisible forces

Greater than me

Greater than us

Alongside all the time

Helping us

Directing us

Guiding us

To be in the place we are

To accept the fate we asked for

Delivering us

All the things we asked for

And it makes no sense resisting

No sense fighting

Gathering up the nerve

I looked out the window

And saw clear blue skies

No clouds

No evidence of what was causing us so much movement

No signs of the mysterious resistance we were encountering

And understood at once that those forces are invisible to us

But very present

Always present

Because there are just some things we are not meant to see

But know they exist

And are there to help us

As long as we are willing to surrender

To let go

To have faith

That our prayers

Our wishes

Our desires

Are always answered

When we know what we want

And receive it 

With gratitude and grace