Life is like flying an aeroplane

Life is like flying an aeroplane. When everything is ok, you are at cruising altitude, above the clouds, enjoying the sun - you are happy, everything is fine, any problems are well below and not an issue. But sometimes you hit clear air turbulence, lose altitude, and suddenly those things you could safely soar over are potential things to hit, and the lower you fall, the more things there are. Most of the time though there is enough time to regain control, level out, and start the gradual process of regaining the height and returning to cruising level. Some people will never get there - the flight surfaces have been damaged, you never reach the top, but you can still cruise and enjoy the sun, you just need to be more vigilant for those occasional things from below which stick up into the flight path. The other thing is that each time you are taken lower and lower by the turbulence, you have to spend more and more time in collision avoidance before being able to level out, as there is so much more to hit. And whatever you do, you want to avoid hitting the deck.....