Have
you noticed that the bigger planes fly at a higher altitude than the little planes?
Why do you think so? This is because internal combustion engines are just like
people, they need oxygen to breathe. At higher altitudes, the air gets thin and
there's just not enough oxygen to support combustion. Jets and turbine engines
use compressors to draw in huge amounts of thin air to provide enough oxygen to
burn, but small piston engines in the little planes just don't have that
capacity.
What lesson do we as humans learn from this? This means that growing through different stages in life is like increasing your altitude. You need to develop an internal combustion system equipped with jets and turbines to draw in huge amounts of the air of opportunities such that it can provide you with the oxygen of solutions to burn the adversities and inequities you encounter on your way.
The
higher in altitude that the plane goes, the lower the pressure. The lower the
pressure, the less resistant the air becomes and so it moves faster. As you strive to gain more skills, knowledge and
focus on your journey of life, the more aware you become and better equipped to
break through challenges and thus you become more efficient and grow faster.
The
higher the plan goes, the more time it has to react to emergencies. That is
same with people, the more you become aware, the greater your capacity to preempt.
But if you inundate yourself with excuses for doing or not doing anything, you
behave like the little planes that must fly low at the mercy of turbulent
winds. For those of us who fly regularly, you know what it means to fly in a turbulent
zone for 30 minutes. I have seen the faces of people (men and women alike)
develop seven shades of pink from fright.
Safety
is an important factor at high altitude; a greater part of the weather takes
place below 30,000 feet, so it is a great advantage for a plan to fly above the
weather, both from a safety standpoint and a comfort standpoint. When you as an
achiever rise through life mastering yourself and your processes, focusing on
the essentials, planning with God, you equally rise above the bad weathers of
distrust, mediocrity and blind-rocking.
The
bigger planes fly at high altitude in order to avoid airspace congestion. They don’t
want to mix-up and get lost amongst the infinite number of small planes flying
at low altitude. You don’t want to be battered by mediocre people; you want to
be distinguished by your works, your good nature and the fact that you are a
respectable human being. You want to learn the craft of purposeful living, you
want to be a child of God and you want to be an envelope of success. Fly at
high altitude!
Fly at high altitude, go out
there and make a real difference for as a child of the universe and most
importantly because you are a child of God, you deserve it.
Are you a bigger or a smaller
plane? Be honest to your own self. If you were a smaller plane, its time you
get big and start flying at high altitude.
Many of us fly at very low altitude. This post should spur us to aim higher and fly at high altitude. Thanks for the inspiration.
ReplyDeleteThanks Sir, as you rightly say. Just too many people ‘fly at very low altitude’ where the strong winds of discouraging messages, mediocrity, underperformance, low self-esteem etc. is a threat to their smooth flight (achievement).
ReplyDeleteAs you have always put it so well, the decision to change lies in the person who really wants to change and no one else. The moment we start flying at high altitude, the rest falls in place and we are sure that we will not crash to the land of failures.