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November 30, 2007
Another insightful philosophical reflection
I was recently on an airplane. Rather than read my book, I took a minute to examine the safety card in the seatback pocket in front of me, as they say. It featured illustrations of people putting on oxygen masks, shooshing down inflatable slides, and -- in one case -- of a woman floating on an endless sea, her seat cushion clutched tight to her chest.
I stared at the floating woman for a long time. Her face betrayed no alarm. She wasn't happy, exactly, but she wasn't upset either. This even though she had barely escaped death in an air disaster and now faced the many dangers (sharks, hypothermia, drowning) of the ocean. She seemed fine with it. Perfectly Zen.
And it made me think how ridiculous it is when I get upset over trivial annoyances, like the pretzel bags being so hard to open. I could learn a lot from the illustration of that woman on the safety card.
Still, I hate those stupid little bags.
Posted by teb at November 30, 2007 12:46 PM