I used to travel often. I didn’t think too much of air travel. I just did it and made an adventure of it. All that changed with the pandemic. I hardly travel by air any more. The hassle, the drive to get to the airport in LA, the lines, the exhaustion from poor sleep the night before, the security lines and the expense. It’s like a job. You have to work with your anxiety of the unexpected, the delays, the cancellations etc. One of the things I always remember about air travel are the moving sidewalks. O’Hare airport in Chicago was one of the early sidewalks. I thought it was so smart and a great idea.

Over time and years on earth, I also began to look at my own life as a moving sidewalk. The moving sidewalks give you a chance to acknowledge lots of people but no time …