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| Taking time on a layover in Howth, Ireland to reflect on my first year as a flight attendant |
On the Go and Now is the Time: Reflections from a Flight Attendant
Written on April 23, 2015 on my 1-year anniversary as a flight attendant
Year one as a flight attedant includes approximately: 268,025 miles, 67 layovers and 251 flights worked, encountering approximately 44,000 people throughout the year--this is an opportunity to share love and grace with many people, 'I am on the Go and Now is the Time' to impact the world by how I live and how I love. Layovers in Amsterdam, Anchorage, Vancouver, Calgary, London, Boise, Narita (Japan), Panama City (Panama), Kingston (Jamaica), Honolulu, Dublin, Portland, San Francisco, Phoenix, Sioux Falls, Colorado Springs and Birmingham to name a few--my life has been influenced by the people I've met on my journey, old friends and new friends, strangers and relatives.
By: Noel C.K. Reagan
Written on April 23, 2015 on my 1-year anniversary as a flight attendant
Year one as a flight attedant includes approximately: 268,025 miles, 67 layovers and 251 flights worked, encountering approximately 44,000 people throughout the year--this is an opportunity to share love and grace with many people, 'I am on the Go and Now is the Time' to impact the world by how I live and how I love. Layovers in Amsterdam, Anchorage, Vancouver, Calgary, London, Boise, Narita (Japan), Panama City (Panama), Kingston (Jamaica), Honolulu, Dublin, Portland, San Francisco, Phoenix, Sioux Falls, Colorado Springs and Birmingham to name a few--my life has been influenced by the people I've met on my journey, old friends and new friends, strangers and relatives.
By: Noel C.K. Reagan
A month ago I was in Alaska.
A week ago I was in Hawaii.
Today I am in Ireland.
I am blessed.
I am on this earth to love God and to love others.
I am called to love people for who they are.
With each passing moment, I am called to be still, and then go.
I am called to truly go and live in this world.
I am called to hear stories and share stories.
With each passing moment, I am grateful.
I am grateful for the people I've met and the places I've been.
I am grateful for the love of Christ I've been able to share with others simply by treating them with genuine kindness.
With each passing moment, I take time to reflect.
Looking back on the places I've been, and remember the experiences.
Looking back to the people I've met, and remember the stories I've heard and shared.
Looking ahead to the opportunities that come each day to meet strangers who I later call friend.
I live in this world, not for myself but to love God and love others.
Love has no bounds and no walls, we all are called to go beyond our own worlds in order to see differently.
I am on the go in this world.
Yet I live in the stillness of the moments I am given each day, wherever I may be in this world.
And indeed, I truly believe home is where your heart is.
I am on the go in this world to love God and love people.
I am on the go in this world to make a difference by how I live my life.
Now is the time and for that I am grateful.
