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The Art of Taking Flight in Your Life
How an intense physical experiences can trigger growth.
Yesterday was a lazy Sunday. My daughter and I woke up without any real plan for the day. We just felt like having an adventure so we let the day go where it would take us. It ultimately took us indoor skydiving. Oh yes.
When we entered the venue, we got a look at what we were about to experience. A huge glass tube rose through the center of the room, several stories high. The skydivers were dressed in flight suits and helmets with goggles. As we watched the group before us complete their runs, you saw a variety of reactions to the experience. People were either shaken or exhilarated or both.
Getting ready to fly was an experience in itself. There was flight training to teach you correct body position and to learn the hand signals the instructor would be giving you in the tube. It would be too loud to hear anything so everything was hand signals. You had your gear fitted and got ready to fly. Just standing outside the wind tunnel began the sensory level of the experience. The sound of air rushing was soft, muted by the balaclava and helmet over my ears.
My 12 year-old daughter and I were placed in a group with 8 other people. I was sort of annoyed because our group was a teenage birthday party. It felt as if we…
