I stopped using AA for a while because I felt tired of their attitude. But now, having flown this weekend with AA it feels more like home. Well, not home as in where I live but home as in comfortable or a known place. It was nice I guess, if you have to fly and you have to board a commercial airline (anyone wishing to loan me their corporate jet for the next few years...). But I was tired. Sitting next to me was a young lad coming home from University for Christmas. Nice guy, but immediately got lost in his iPad and a movie and never realized the irritation he was producing. Ya, irritation...even Christians get irritated we're just suppose to know how to deal with it better. I figured it must have been one of several things promoting his NLS (nervous leg syndrome) that was shaking the entire row of seats. It could be he's afraid of flying or he's going home and telling his parents he dropped out of school or maybe he really does have NLS. I kept thinking of a Steve Martin song from his SNL days and wishing I had a way to gently tell this agitating young man to stop the washing machine cycle. But I decided the best was to pray. Why not, see what would happen, give it a chance. I was tired and didn't really want to confront "Legs."
It worked, he feel asleep. It took me a minute to realize 'it' had stopped. It's amazing how quickly our minds will adjust to things, pleasant or other. But now, I'm home for Christmas. I'm tired today but fortunately that's not a permanent situation. It'll pass and I'll be boarding another plane (hopefully one of your private jets) and enjoying the life of flying and traveling again. It's a glorious life...ask any person that flies for business on a weekly basis how much fun it is for them. I wonder how many regular fliers pray similar prayers and see the answers? I bet it's a bunch. I guess it just goes to prove that God is both kind and nice.
Byron
Disclaimer: NLS is a made up term. This is not the other shaky leg disease that is for real.
