Travails of Travel and the HUMAN HEART

EvenTravails of Travel And The HUMAN HEART

'Tis the season for festivities, for job and yes, for travels !  Prior to the pandemic, our family made sure we had our 'annual pilgrimage' in our travels outside the country.  But that cruel pandemic just unceremoniously put a stop to all that.  And swinging over to the United States, CNN says that with the cruel winter across the American continent, more than 15,000 flights were cancelled 'within, into or out of the U.S. 💊💊💊

As per CNN, just as millions piled into cars and flooded into airports with stuffed bags in tow over the weekend, a paralyzing winter storm swept across the United States, threatening to halt or significantly delay many people's journeys.  Such are the Travails of Travel.  Even Southwest CEO Bob Jordan was quoted that this week's recent paralyzed leaving thousands of passengers stalled is the 'largest scale event' he's ever seen in his life.  To complicate things, closed highways and dangerous road conditions also made driving treacherous.  But in the midst of all these 'horror' stories, there were 'lights in the tunnel ahead'.

What's going viral are untold stories that really captures our human heart at its best.  Heard of that couple at Atlanta's Jackson Airport where they have been travelling for five days to go back home to Wichita, Kansas.  Heard of that couple who got off the cruise at Fort Lauderdale, Florida only to end up making many futile attempts   Heard of that South Korean tour group who ended up finding shelter in the home of the NY couple.

Over in New York, Police found a bus headed to Washington DC but had driven off the road and become lodged lodged in a snow 'just a foot away' from the ditch, leaving the vehicle at risk of slipping and flipping over with about 60 people inside.  Or heard of those 4 strangers now going viral because they ended up sharing that viral 20-hour drive.  And when they captured their travel travails on video, their video garnered almost 10 million views, not because of anything but the human element that led to these travelers surviving📌📌📌

Even Baguio City, the favorite Asian city due to its cooler weather during Decembers was not spared.  Traffic gridlock was everywhere.  But what made peole go through all these Travails of Travel was the element of the human heart that softened and opened up to accommodate and shelter the stranded travelers.  Indeed, heartwarming to hear this festive season❗❗❗