Seeing is Believing

    

       Recently I visited Garden City, Kansas.  I had never heard of it though I was scheduled to speak at Garden City Community College and fortunately there was an airport in town.
            As we made our final approach into the city, I gazed out the window, hoping to catch a downtown skyline off in the distance. 
            Nothing.
            In fact, except for far off street lights, the only thing I could see were the lights on the runway.  When we got off the plane, I saw that there was only one airline.  One gate.  One terminal.  One restaurant.  One baggage claim.  That's the picture of the entire airport above.
            As we walked into the airport, the complaints started.
            “Where is this place?”
            “Have I stepped into the Twilight Zone?”
            What I noticed though, amid the fact that yes, it was indeed small, was that the rental car counter was 10 feet away from the door I entered.  My walk from the airplane, to the rental car counter, and to baggage claim to collect my bag, was less than 10 minutes.  My rental car was parked curb side and my contract and keys were waiting when I arrived.  NEVER have I walked from plane through the airport and to my rental car in less than 20 minutes.
            NEVER!
            Of course the return flight was equally as easy.  From my return to the rental car row, to inside the airport and through security was less than 10 minutes.  When I stepped on the plane, I noticed we had the same flight crew from the night before when I arrived.  I asked the flight attendant how was her night in Garden City.  More complaints.
            Now, I am not saying I am ready to pack my bags so I can live in the town with the small airport; however, while I was there, I chose to look at the positive side of the experience.
            Is the glass full or is it half empty?  I chose to see it half full. I know, it’s such a cliché saying that sometimes we bypass the importance and significance of it in our daily lives.
            A better way to think of this might be the way Dr. Wayne Dyer, one of my favorite teachers, says it.  “When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.”
            However you see the “glasses” in your life is a choice.  No one can make you see a glass as half empty, or a small airport as a step in the Twilight Zone.

 

            How you CHOOSE to see the world is the world you will experience.  Are you making wise choices?