London -- Yesterday at around 9:00 am, my flight pulled away from the gate at Logan airport. Five hours and 40 minutes later, after two meals, we landed at Heathrow in London. Tomorrow I fly back to Boston. The return flight will take slightly longer, perhaps an hour, due to westerly head winds.
A three day trip to attend a business meeting with a potential customer in London. Such is the nature of the global world we live in. This so-called jet-setting has become routine.
But consider that it's only been 100 years since the first airplane demonstrated that powered flight is possible. 100 years before that, the journey from Boston to London or London to Boston relied solely on the trade winds, took months, and was no routine voyage.
Today we take for granted advances that took the human endeavor thousands of years to accomplish. As we go about our business, which quickly becomes routine, we shouldn't lose sight of the wonder of this modern age in which we live.
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