What To Tell Yourself While Your Airplane Is Free Falling

Close your eyes and think you are blogging about this. Think you are writing "think happy thoughts".

Now actually think happy thoughts.

Happy thoughts means shopping in Brussels with Silvia. Oh, no, don't think Silvia. Don't think friends. Don't think family. Don't think him. Don't think their lives without you.

Think happy thoughts. Think happy thoughts. Think happy thoughts. Think happy thoughts. Think happy thoughts. Think happy thoughts. Think happy thoughts. Think happy thoughts.

That should do it.

Do this for more than two hours, while your plane is cruising high above the Dalmatian Coast, jumping from one air hole to another, with no place to land and less and less fuel.

By the time you land in Split, after Sarajevo, Dubrovnik and Zagreb couldn't have you, you can recommend this as treatment for depression and heartbreak.

No, it doesn't solve your problems, it just makes it clear that you don't want to die.

Also, it points out that when in doubt, you go English.

Think happy thoughts.