{"id":4326,"date":"2023-11-04T10:00:12","date_gmt":"2023-11-04T14:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alexhenryfoster.com\/journal\/?p=4326"},"modified":"2023-11-03T21:37:07","modified_gmt":"2023-11-04T01:37:07","slug":"edition-33-my-in-flight-blues-tales-of-palm-reading-and-predestined-fate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alexhenryfoster.com\/journal\/edition-33-my-in-flight-blues-tales-of-palm-reading-and-predestined-fate\/","title":{"rendered":"Edition #33 <br> My In-Flight Blues: Tales of Palm Reading and Predestined Fate"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4326\" class=\"elementor elementor-4326\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6f3329b5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6f3329b5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-67ef988d\" data-id=\"67ef988d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f8c645f elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-featured-image elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7f8c645f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-featured-image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/alexhenryfoster.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/ahf_journal_033_image10-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4327\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alexhenryfoster.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/ahf_journal_033_image10-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alexhenryfoster.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/ahf_journal_033_image10-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/alexhenryfoster.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/ahf_journal_033_image10.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5dc73426 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"5dc73426\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1517024d elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-title elementor-page-title elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1517024d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Edition #33 <br> My In-Flight Blues: Tales of Palm Reading and Predestined Fate<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2612a1f2 elementor-align-center elementor-mobile-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info\" data-id=\"2612a1f2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"post-info.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-inline-items elementor-icon-list-items elementor-post-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-8d55559 elementor-inline-item\" itemprop=\"datePublished\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-date\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time>04\/11\/2023<\/time>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ad69e8a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1ad69e8a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAnother flight, another desynchronization. If most people\u2019s lives are made of straight lines, mine is a reconstruction of small fractures brought back together, pieced back, a sort of reality in pointillism, an improbable assemblage of small strokes made of common and ordinary sensations if looked into individually but wonderfully unique once blended as a single entity. That\u2019s what my life looks like; weird at best, but magnificent nonetheless\u2026\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c0529d0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-gallery\" data-id=\"c0529d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;columns&quot;:2,&quot;aspect_ratio&quot;:&quot;9:16&quot;,&quot;lazyload&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;gallery_layout&quot;:&quot;grid&quot;,&quot;columns_tablet&quot;:2,&quot;columns_mobile&quot;:1,&quot;gap&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;gap_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;gap_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;link_to&quot;:&quot;file&quot;,&quot;overlay_background&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;content_hover_animation&quot;:&quot;fade-in&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery__container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" href=\"https:\/\/alexhenryfoster.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/ahf_journal_033_image15.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"c0529d0\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6NDM2MywidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2FsZXhoZW5yeWZvc3Rlci5jb21cL2pvdXJuYWxcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcL2FoZl9qb3VybmFsXzAzM19pbWFnZTE1LmpwZyIsInNsaWRlc2hvdyI6ImMwNTI5ZDAifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/alexhenryfoster.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/ahf_journal_033_image15-768x1024.jpg\" data-width=\"768\" data-height=\"1024\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"e-gallery-item elementor-gallery-item elementor-animated-content\" href=\"https:\/\/alexhenryfoster.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/ahf_journal_033_image02.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"c0529d0\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6NDMzOCwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2FsZXhoZW5yeWZvc3Rlci5jb21cL2pvdXJuYWxcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcL2FoZl9qb3VybmFsXzAzM19pbWFnZTAyLmpwZyIsInNsaWRlc2hvdyI6ImMwNTI5ZDAifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/alexhenryfoster.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/ahf_journal_033_image02-768x1024.jpg\" data-width=\"768\" data-height=\"1024\" aria-label=\"\" role=\"img\" ><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7aac4356 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7aac4356\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIt\u2019s funny how existence evolves through the motion of souvenirs long past. Sitting on a plane coming back from Japan, looking through the window, an image of a person who has been very special to me came to mind, a person I dearly carry with me. I remembered talking to her one day \u2014 it was ages ago. She read my palm lines. She was into that stuff, while I have always been a pragmatic dreamer. She took my hand, looked at me with her bright green eyes reflecting the benevolence of her heart and the majesty of her soul:\n<br><br>\n\u201cAlex, your lines are an ensemble of intertwined and fractured elements, followed by deeply carved lines. Options\u2026 Several lives within a life. It will be hard for you, but you will find your way in the end. Never lose faith. Keep glowing no matter what. You\u2019re a sun, and it\u2019s a terribly lonely place to be, but there will be stunning wonders growing from your light one day.\u201d\n<br><br>\nI didn\u2019t make much of it, if only that I was utterly amazed by her uniqueness. As for the rest, I don\u2019t believe in predetermination. I guess that explains why I\u2019m quite an optimist for a depressively inclined individual. That must also explain the reason why one of my biggest regrets in life remains having rejected that person\u2019s kindness and generous affection towards me, to save her from myself I believed at the time, when the reality was that I was afraid of rejection, of being hurt, stigmata of having been sexually abused as a kid, I suppose.\n<br><br>\nThat being said, I do have faith that such highly significant times will come for me someday. I just have to follow the bedazzling dots that have been carved in the mysteries residing in the vulnerability of my hands, which strangely look like those of my late father\u2019s with every passing day; building hands, artistic hands, caring hands, supportive hands\u2026 And maybe, one day, they will become loving hands as well. Lines or not, predestined or not.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-be8c436 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"be8c436\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/alexhenryfoster.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/ahf_journal_033_image12-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4353\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alexhenryfoster.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/ahf_journal_033_image12-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alexhenryfoster.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/ahf_journal_033_image12-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alexhenryfoster.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/ahf_journal_033_image12-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alexhenryfoster.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/ahf_journal_033_image12.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-73499bb8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"73499bb8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tI believe that it is first and foremost a matter of heart disposition to welcome the happiness coming our way, just like it is a defying willingness to trust in your ability to nurture love, and an empowering desire to share its impacting vibrancy to others rather than waiting for the stars to align themselves in order to embrace the little fragments of wonders we come across. Blissfulness is a blazing fire that only exists through our resilience to feed the fragility and vulnerability of an initial spark. It will keep growing as we faithfully cultivate its need for constant engagement until we become the eternal light born of the burning fire from within ourselves.\n<br><br>\nWell, I think it\u2019s truly time for me to go back home now. I greatly miss my 2 pups MacKaye and Leonard, but it will be time for me to start another physical therapy attempt after so many setbacks. I will be by myself after months being under the good care of friends and loved ones\u2026 I learned over the year that silence, as deep and troubling as it might be, has nothing to do with loneliness, and there\u2019s a profound comfort in that sole idea\u2026 The perfect set up for me to dwell on the lyrical dimension of my next album before starting its production in just over 2 months from now.\n<br><br>\nTime flies, let\u2019s spread our wings\u2026 It is the love that moves!\n<br><br>\nAnd I wish you much of that love, my precious friends.<br>\nAHF\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-152a635f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"152a635f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2ee0c862\" data-id=\"2ee0c862\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12279aae elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"12279aae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5f7e3c88 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5f7e3c88\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-77f6169e\" data-id=\"77f6169e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-104fd731 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-global elementor-global-153 elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"104fd731\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-xl\" href=\"https:\/\/alexhenryfoster.com\/journal\/ask-a-question\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Ask a Question<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another flight, another desynchronization. If most people\u2019s lives are made of straight lines, mine is a reconstruction of small fractures &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"Edition #33  My In-Flight Blues: Tales of Palm Reading and Predestined Fate\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/alexhenryfoster.com\/journal\/edition-33-my-in-flight-blues-tales-of-palm-reading-and-predestined-fate\/#more-4326\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Edition #33 <br \/> My In-Flight Blues: Tales of Palm Reading and Predestined Fate<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4327,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-from-a-stranger-to-another","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-50","no-featured-image-padding"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alexhenryfoster.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4326","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alexhenryfoster.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alexhenryfoster.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alexhenryfoster.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alexhenryfoster.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4326"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/alexhenryfoster.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4326\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4372,"href":"https:\/\/alexhenryfoster.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4326\/revisions\/4372"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alexhenryfoster.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alexhenryfoster.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alexhenryfoster.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alexhenryfoster.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}