When You Can’t See the Runway

When You Can’t See the Runway

What

happens when we find ourselves flying through the clouds — unable to

see what lies ahead, frightened by the turbulence, and unsure whether we

are even heading in the right direction? A remarkable story told by

Rabbi Shlomo Landau about two young men trapped in a small airplane with

an unconscious pilot gives us a powerful way to understand one of the

great challenges of life: learning to listen to the Voice that knows

exactly where we are and exactly where we need to go.

The

Torah never promises that there won’t be a war. It never promises that

there won’t be clouds. And it never promises that we won’t be