Greetings from a comfortable cruising altitude of 29,000

I know that if I don't write this now, I WILL NOT write anything again today.

I had four or five hours of sleep. Then, I drove for an hour. I arrived at the airport at 5:50AM, and saw a gaggle of Europeans wearing skinny jeans and with fanny packs pass me as though nothing was wrong. (Seriously, European travel fashion boggles my mind!) I'm now in NYC for Thanksgiving. My favorite city. My plane had free wifi (thank you Delta!), and I had a hilarious conversation with the lady beside me.

While we were talking, I realized that I had a lot of "plane" conversations. We share about our families, our pasts, our friends, our interests. I've shared cabs, prayed with folks, met an author... you name it. This morning, my seat buddy and I even talked about teeth!

It amazes me how technology has afforded us such a privilege to be a light to the world (even at 29,000 feet above sea level) and we don't always take advantage of it correctly.

These past few weeks, I've been pondering shutting down my facebook for a while. Disconnecting with the abstract to reconnect with the people in my life. I find myself consumed with knowing the details of others lives and put that above other things in my life. Facebook is the CNN of personal information and it's hard not to find yourself glued to it. I could lie to you and tell you that my feelings come from all the things I have going on, (and things that will be transpiring shortly) but that's dumb. My feelings come from overextending myself technologically.

Wait... is that really possible? I can't believe I said that because writing it even looks foolish.

But it's true.

Maybe I'm sleep deprived. Maybe. I won't fight you on that.

But just maybe, I'm figuring out a better way to be a light to the people around me, instead of just a glow that comes from their computer screen.

Buckle your seatbelts and clear the aisles...