Chasing Belonging Above the Clouds

Amelia Earhart wasn’t chasing fame when she crossed the Atlantic; she was chasing something

quieter — a sense of belonging in a world that often told her she didn’t fit.

Flying, for her, wasn’t about breaking records. It was about silence

— the rare kind that only exists above the clouds, where judgment and expectation can’t

reach. She once said that fear is only as deep as the mind allows,

and she lived that truth. Every time she took off, she accepted that

she might not come back. But she flew anyway, because standing still frightened

her more than falling. That’s the real legacy she left behind: the courage to move toward uncertainty,