Crossing the Chasm of Life by Geryl Mortensen

Crossing the Chasm of Life

When I pull 8 Gs to rocket vertical in a missing man formation at show center, I do so in remembrance and honor of fellow aviators that have crossed the chasm from this life to the next...

While I know what it means to me, I can only hope that those watching equate the display as a celebration of life that was lived at full throttle bound only by the limits of the realm we all live within… Hopefully the remembrance of the life that we honor will draw attention to the precious gift of the moment that defines our existence…

When I descend into the abyss I am overwhelmed with the majesty of the deep… The freedom from gravity and the magic of the deep perhaps provides a small taste of what it must be like to be free of the limits that define our realm…

As I live in the gift of the moment that defines my life, I know that one day I’ll cross the chasm from this life into the next and all the limits that I know and respect will cease to exist for me…. I hope that the Lord has wings waiting for me and when I cross the chasm into the next realm of eternity I will no longer be bound by the limits of my earthly realm…

Hopefully eternal life is all this and more, otherwise how would I get over losing the precious gift of the moment that we all have now…. For now, I’ll cherish the love, beauty and wonder that surrounds me in this realm and not worry about the past or muse over the future because I believe that if I live my life within the gift of the moment, that crossing the chasm of life will not be that big of a leap when the time comes….

For now, as life is currently defined by time, life is this moment, and with that understanding I live each moment full throttle with no regrets, for it is the things that we do not do that we look back and regret when our moments here come to an end…

I can’t help but wonder what it must be like for those that have crossed the chasm of life before me as time and distance as we know it must be different, perhaps it no longer exists… For now, I’ll choose to live each moment and be thankful for the gift of life. Hopefully the gift continues with wings from the Lord that will allow me to explore the stars in heaven and the depths of the sea but as His gift of life is so good now, I’ll put no limits on what my future holds in that life and be thankful for the moment that I have now…

Today as I pull vertical with smoke on, I celebrate the life of those that lived theirs full throttle… I am thankful that we were kindred spirits and shared moments of life together in this realm… May wings of freedom and an eternity of love await them in heaven…

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