Flying is above roads and rivers, but to go higher we make it above time. Quote is from Emerson’s 1841 essay Self-Reliance.
Who know the Tao Te Ching, written around the 6th century BC by the Chinese sage Lao Tsu, contained such good landing advice? (Chapter four, Gia-Fu Feng translation) The Tao is an empty vessel; it is used, but never filled. Oh, unfathomable source of ten thousand things! Blunt the sharpness, Untangle the knot, Soften the glare, Merge with dust. Oh, hidden deep but ever present! I do not know from whence it comes. It is the forefather of the gods.
It takes work, a lot of work, but eventually you’ll land the plane with the ease of a child’s toy.
