Topic Suggestion 2: Blimps

Happy Friday the 13th. Today's blog post will be about blimps, by request. Thank you, AB, for the suggestion. Perhaps the most famous blimp event of all time, the Hindenburg crash, is put to shame by the instantaneous and complete destruction unemployment has on one's life. If you watch the crash, you'll see how practically spontaneous it is. You never see it coming. And suddenly, the fabled blimp is engulfed in flames and billowing smoke. Being laid off is similar. On that fateful day, you walk into the office for the last time. Ever. And what starts as a fire turns into one of the worst catastrophes in the world, as Herbert Morrison would describe the event on May 6, 1937. Well, it certainly becomes the worst catastrophe of your own life. The Hindenburg lost 36 people total lost their lives in the the crash. I'm sure I could list 36 things I've lost by way of losing my job. The list would include pride, motivation, purpose, income, direction, stability, consistency, co-workers (not necessarily a complaint).... and the list could go on. But, as did after the Hindenburg crash, life goes on. You pick up the pieces and move on with something new. The memory of it hangs in the background, like Hangar One. You are never again the same. And that's okay. Some things really do need to burn to the ground.