Anyone who has ever been on an airplane has probably experienced the slightly uncomfortable (or downright terrifying) feeling of turbulence. You know, those rocky bumps in the air that jar the cabin or those brief moments of free-falling as you hit an air pocket. Most of the time, the passengers can weather those moments with a nervous laugh, but if the turbulence is particularly bad, those same passengers may find themselves having a quick conversation with their higher power.

We all know how it feels to let something hurtful pass our lips particularly if we're aware of the hurt we've caused to another.  If the cause and effect is there in the flesh for us to see, we can actually feel sick to our stomachs. We don't have to imagine very hard how we would feel if we said, "You are worthless" to a very dear friend and watched his or her eyes fill up with tears.