So, for whatever the reason, you find yourself boarding an airplane. You squeeze your way down the aisle with that clever, wheeled wonder, the carry on luggage. You have learned from experience that you never, ever, check luggage unless there is a garbage strike in your neighborhood and you are trying to get rid of some of your trash at the airport.
Above you, on either side, are rows of open compartment doors. You scan these hungry mouths in search of an open spot, which is often hard to find since some passengers these days insist on bringing so much junk with them that they hog up more than their fair share of the space. They certainly can’t put anything under their seat, or they wouldn’t have any excuse to crawl over you in mid-flight to get something out of the junk they crammed into the overhead bin.
Finally you spot a slot and with a little muscle you hoist your carry on and find that the bins are cleverly engineered to be approximately one quarter of an inch smaller than any carry on, regardless of size. How do they do that? With a little engineering of your own, you wedge your belongings in place and with even more luck you are able to close the compartment door and get the hell out of the way of the other passengers who are going to open that door and try to squeeze something else in.
After all the pushing, shoving, squeezing and prying are done and everyone is seated, the attendant will come along and close the compartment doors that remain open and double check the doors that are already closed. Hey, it makes them look important and it fills in the time before they have to treat you like a moron and show you how to use a seatbelt.
Fast forward to the end of your flight. As the plane is making its approach for landing there is usually the speech. The speech will warn you to be careful when opening the overhead bins, as items may have shifted during the flight. Let’s face it, you’re thinking that unless the pilot has done some dive-bombing or your flight is on the Blue Angels Airlines that there is no chance in hell that your luggage has so much as moved a hair’s breadth. Yet, invariably someone opens a bin and bam, something falls out. You know? Shift happens.
Life is a lot like that airplane and those overhead bins. No matter how carefully we scan what’s ahead, make our move, cram things into place and close the door, shift happens.
If we are prepared and listen to the speech, we can open those doors and deftly catch the fallout, recovering and continuing on our journey. If we ignore life’s lessons, ignore the voice of the flight attendant inside our minds reciting the speech, we are completely unprepared and something unexpectedly falls on our head. No plan for life, or any part of it, is foolproof. There is no way you can anticipate all the changes that are ahead, be they with family, friends, jobs, health, you name it. But, with the right attitude, you can deal with them and move on, realizing that shift happens.
( Thanks, Fish, for the lesson in life. )
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Please lock your tray tables,
put your seats in the full upright position,
and have a Great Week!
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__________________ In Fitness & Friendship, MAHLER
______________________________ __________________________ There is no light at the end of the tunnel. You carry the light with you.
I just found out that my very close friend who was one of the key people in getting me to change my lifestyle had a major stroke over the weekend. She is in great shape and is only 38. John the whole shift happens message is very timely for me. Hopefully I can be as helpful with her upcoming shift in lifestyle as she was with mine.
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"It's what you've got inside that matters. The details and technological things will take you only so far. You still have to pedal the bike. Some people are always looking for the magic secret. There's no secret. Just bust your ass." -Dave Zabriskie
As always, an excellent post Mr. Mahler. Thanks and thanks to you too Fish.
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"Rust on a nail builds tetanus. Rust on a barbell builds character, strength, and attitude." -EC
"Don't spend your life wishing. Spend it doing." -FishrCutB8
"You're a mutant, like a snake with two heads or a cat shy one nipple. Be thankful that your mutation is helpful." - LD
ha ha cheers for that John Ive had a bumpy ride recently and aint been listening all the while thankfuly the plane has landed now and Im just about to open the locker and go on my onward journey
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BFG
"The time for talking has passed, actions are speaking louder than words."
Well it gave me a reason to re-read this particular motivator. So in a way thank you Mr spammer.
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Mahler’s Monday Morning Motivator # 129 – Shift Happens
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