A man, who was a pilot, and his daughter went on a daddy daughter date in his small Cessna airplane. While the man was flying along everything was going great,,..
until it wasn’t.
Suddenly one of the engines went out and the plane began to sputter and fall out of the
sky. The daughter became terrified and asked her dad what was going on?
sky. The daughter became terrified and asked her dad what was going on?
The dad responded calmly and said, “It’s ok honey, daddy is going to
have to fly the plane a little differently right now.”
have to fly the plane a little differently right now.”
As the plane careened towards the ground, the man’s demeanor did not waiver. He did what he was programmed to do and responded with his training.
Right before it was too late, the engine came back to life and the dad was able to land the plane safely. After landing, the man calmly looked over at his daughter and said, “Don’t tell your mother.”
While this story has a happy ending the key to the story is how the man responded. If he had panicked, would the outcome be the same?
If he had dwelled on, “why does bad stuff happen to me,” would the outcome have been the same?
The answer of course is no. He responded with what he needed to do at that moment, and controlled the future outcome of the event.
The question is this…
how do you respond in a life crisis?
Do you dwell on it?
Do you take on a whoa is me attitude?
Do you freak out, or do you just fly the plane differently?
Things don’t go as planned, can you respond by calmly flying the plane
differently?
