monday, march 29, 2010
FIRST IN FLIGHT
The other day I visited the Outer Banks of North Carolina and came across the Wright Brothers Museum. Wilbur and Orville Wright.
Yea, Yea we learned about the Wright Brothers in elementary school, but I know
now that I only learned a very small portion of a most incredible story. Wilbur
and Orville Wright have come to mean much more than just first in flight. After
visiting the museum, and feeling the wind on my face at Kitty Hawk and Kill Devil
Hill, I imagined the feeling of flying. This is one thing that I have often
experienced in my dreams, but on this day I felt the power of the wind that
lifted that makeshift plane off the ground and into the air. And it was the first time I
really felt the wind. The wind became the catalyst for the dream. The dream
lifted off. Wilbur and Orville Wright, brothers, worked hard together to achieve
something that most thought was not only foolish but downright impossible. You
want to fly? You foolish breed! I think it's fantastic to be told you can't do something. Some
years later and many failures and illness, the brothers achieved the impossible. Many tried achieve this feat before the Wright Brothers, and some even lost their very lives. This didn't stop the brothers. And then they did it. Only 12 seconds but they did it! First in flight. Now this leads me to something beautiful. My wonderful sisters.
Angela and Teresa. From day one they have supported my dream. Lifted me like the
wind. Pushed me and encouraged me.Took their time and their money and their God
with me as we travel up and down the road all in support of the my dream. They
indeed are the wind. Mom and Dad most assuredly are the wings. Steady and strong. And of course God is the pilot. And the engine. And the gas. And the...everything else.
I climbed the Kill Devil Hill and stood in front of the beautiful monument erected
in honor or Wilbur and Orville Wright. The inscription on the monument read:
"In commemoration of the conquest of the air by the brothers Wilbur and Orville Wright. Conceived by Genius. Achieved by dauntless resolution and unconquerable faith."
Unconquerable faith. I'm not sure if the wind caused a tear or if it was just the moment. But the tear swept across my face and I knew what I had to do.
Orville once said. ""Isn't it astonishing that all these secrets have been preserved for so many years just so we could discover them!"
And Wilbur would say, ""We could hardly wait to get up in the morning."
Now isn't that how we should live?
WHERE IS THE WIND TAKING YOU?
Comments:
03/29/2010 - Teresa Dawkins Reid
OMG!!!!! Awesome....awesome....awesome.Girl the talent that God has given you has to be shared with the world!!! God is the wind beneath our wings!!!! Wow.
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