A Day on the Pale Blue Dot - 16

Monday, 15th May 2023

Tears of Happiness!

When was the last time you felt so happy that your eyes welled up? It is different state of emotion.

It happened to me today. Before today the last time it happened to me was 3 years ago. My sister was pregnant at that time, and she sent a picture of her ultrasound scan on her 1st trimester. Although we know that she has been carrying, it was at the moment at which I saw the ultrasound it hit me hard that she was carrying a life and my nephew/niece is real and we are going to love him or her a lot. Tears welled up at that very moment.

And today the reason was my brother. My brother has been aspiring to be a pilot since a very long time. It has been more than 5 years since he completed his pilot course and got his license. And soon after Covid-19 struck, and the air travel was banned which put airline companies in a very difficult space. Pilots were not being recruited since there was no flights flying. Throughout the global pandemic this was the situation. Slowly, after 3 years, flights started resuming slowly, but the airline industry was badly hit and in no situation to hire again. As a matter of fact, many pilots had to take huge pay cuts for the industry to sustain. Only over the last few months some airline companies have started recruitment. Last month my brother attended one such aptitude test. Today he got confirmation that he had cleared the 1st round is eligible for further rounds. This! This news is what bought tears to my eyes.

After having to learn so much, so much of effort, enduring so many downs through all these years, we finally succeeded!