The flight attendant ran down the aisle while the pilot sternly advised all passengers to return to our seats and buckle our seatbelts. As I sat there on this flight, seatbelt buckled, with the plane jerking back and forth, up and down, I turned my thought to God.
After a few minutes, I looked up and noticed my fellow passengers. One woman seemed to be praying through her evident concern. The man beside her was on his computer going about his business as if nothing unusual were happening, while yet another man was resting peacefully. A couple nearby were laughing as though they were casually visiting on a park bench. Another man seemed to be dealing with a lot of fear.
I thought, “We are all on the same plane, going through the same turbulence, but I see all kinds of different responses.” It was clear to me that, while the situation was the same for all of us, our thoughts about the situation and what we were bringing to it determined how we handled it.
