Flight is impossible without the updraft, yes, but it
also needs air pressing down. Just the right amount.
With enough weight from the wind but not so much
it holds us to the ground. It keeps us around,
waiting until the balance is created. Lifting up from
underneath, steadying it with pressure capped, lifting
off. Otherwise do we rise too high? Fighting as
gravity magnetizes us to the ground constantly.
Holding us down in a grounding way. Otherwise,
would we just float around? Flying free is never easy.

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