s-n-o-w

Yesterday when I read the weather reports it said something like 2-4 inches of snow for today. I thought, gee only 2-4 inches we'll be fine, I'm sure we'll get to travel tomorrow. As the day went on and the weather reports came in it seemed we had little hope of arriving in Istanbul.

Today we woke up to a blanket of snow!! We found out our flight had been cancelled, but luckily Delta rescheduled us for the same flight for the following day (with no charge, dang right). I'm sad we are losing out on a day in Turkey, but we could certainly use this time to relax a bit, pray, meditate, and mentally prepare ourselves for our trip.

I hope you'll all send good thoughts our way so that we may leave tomorrow without delay!

Oh how I long to travel...

A few prayers, quotations, holy writings on travel:

O God, my God! I have set out from my home, holding fast unto the cord of Thy love, and I have committed myself wholly to Thy care and Thy protection. I entreat Thee by Thy power through which Thou didst protect Thy loved ones...to keep me safe by Thy bounty and Thy grace. Enable me, then, to return to my home by Thy power and Thy might. Thou art, truly, the Almighty, the Help in Peril, the Self-Subsisting.
Baha'u'llah

The journey of a thousand miles begins beneath ones feet.
Lao-Tzu

You cannot travel the path until you have become the path itself.
Buddha