Well, hello there. My name is Morgan Harper-Nichols. I'm an artist and a writer, and this is a space where I share words that I hope can make a little room for you to slow down and take a few deep breaths as you prepare for whatever lies ahead.

Thanks for being here today. And now on to today's episode.

Woman Behind the Voice at 200 Airports. This was the title of a YouTube video I clicked on not too long ago. It led me to an interview from CBS with a woman named Carolyn Hopkins,

who at the time of the interview was 63 years old. Carolyn is better known as the voice you hear

overhead in the airport, giving you all the details about departures, delays, and arrivals.

When you're going from terminal to terminal, trying to

figure out where to go, it's often Carolyn's voice. That's the guide toward your next destination.

One of the comments on this video says something like this. Carolyn's voice has helped

millions of people get where they need to go. Watching this video and reading this comment put a smile on my face.

And the more I thought about the story, the more I thought about how often we put this

pressure on ourselves to always be able to figure out, how am I supposed to know where I'm

going in life? What am I supposed to be doing? And the whole time

we're asking these big questions. There are small moments of guidance that point us in the right

direction. There are small moments of clarity that indicate the small steps that we can take every day. The literal steps that we can

take throughout life may seem insignificant, and yet they are a part of something bigger. Think about

stopping at a stop sign. If you're driving, this is something that you have to do. It's a part of

keeping yourself safe and keeping other drivers safe as well. And yet, we don't really see that

as a significant moment. We just see it as something that we have to do. It's just a part of our

daily lives. And we don't really think about it that much.

It is something that has become so inherent to how we move through the world, almost like second nature.

But I would like to propose the idea that maybe the small moments throughout the day that remind us to stop, slow down, yield, and to go this way or to go that way,

maybe those moments are small moments of reflection. Maybe if we learn to approach them with

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