By this point, I think a numbness had come over us. We were truly alone in a hostile land completely alien to us, and the lives and people we had left behind seemed like something we had simply dreamt up rather than anything real and tangible.
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One night about a month into our deployment, I was standing on the roof of the factory smoking a cigarette and looking out over Mahmoudiyah. I scanned the city from left to right, then looked up at the night sky.
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I was looking aimlessly at the stars with not a thought in my head when I noticed one star was blinking red and moving to the West. Within moments I realized it was a plane, flying high in the sky. Not a C130, but a commercial airliner.
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I was transfixed. What was a common sight back home had become forgotten to me, and it was as though it was the first time I had witnessed such a thing. I began to wonder who was on the plane.
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Where were they going? Where had they come from? Did they have any idea what was happening right below them?
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I followed the plane with hungry eyes until I could no longer see it. It was a reminder that no matter how shitty things might be at that moment, the rest of the world wasn’t as far away as I thought, and that one day, I’d be on my own plane up there, going home. And I smiled.
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As a result, I developed a habit, or rather a tradition. When things get heavy for me or I just feel stressed out, when the anxiety is too much to bear, to this day I look for planes flying up in the sky at night.
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And when I find one, I just sit there and watch it until it vanishes. To this day, it reminds me that no matter how bad things may get or how alone I might feel, the rest of the world isn’t as far away as it might seem.
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Go find your plane, my dear friends, and know that you are not alone.
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W odpowiedzi do @GameDadJP @MisterMegative
Thank you for fighting so hard against so many different forms, for never giving up, and for sharing the stories of those fights so the rest of us can find strength to join you or support you. I am very glad I met you.
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