I stand at the end of a grass runway at Chapin Field in Cambridge, NY. I am alone at this little airport, with the sun, the wind and all the airplanes resting in their hangars.
I am in very good company.
The brilliant sun warms my face and the wind actually moves my body a few times. There is vast open space above me and all around me. I feel the essence of this moment and couldn’t be happier!
I chose to come to Chapin Field on this day, because I decided to give myself all blissful things on my birthday. It started by going to look at a venue for women’s circles I will facilitate in town. The room I chose in the local community center is perfect – cozy and warm, like being in someone’s living room. The building coordinator and I discovered that we know many of the same people. When she read the handout about the circles, she said she knew several people who might be interested!
After our meeting, I went into town for a walk. Then I drove to the airfield. When I arrived, I saw that it was manicured and ready for Aviation Day, the next day. I noticed that there were no clouds in the sky and imagined that the wind swept the sky clean. The runway was clear and ready for take off. I felt ready for that, too. A great deal is changing in my life and I am ready for all of it. Even the horizontal windsock confirmed these imminent changes.
I relished standing in the sun, in the solitude and silence. Enormous freedom wrapped itself around me. I crave every single one of these things. The deeper part of me, I guess it was my soul, felt a call towards all of it, in some unknown large way. I stayed for a while, letting myself indulge in so many delicious feelings.
Then I realized that being there, alone on this day was a deeper more personal experience to me, than if I went to the fly-in the next day, because while I stood at the end of this runway, with the sun on my face and the wind moving my body,
I felt
the Spirit of Flying.
I felt
the Spirit of the Sky and
I felt
the wide everpresent Spirit of Freedom.
THIS was the greatest gift I gave to myself on my birthday. I closed my eyes, in deep gratitude for everything and swore that I felt a deeper silence.