LAUNCH WORDS

Maverick, Platforms, & Mission

Sandra Shaw
January 17, 2024

CURATED CURIOSITIES

🫶 “I FEEL THE NEED FOR SPEED!” On the way to work a few minutes ago, I saw a pick-up truck with “MAVERICK” engraved on the back…

“I Ain’t Worried”

🙌 As it’s 3AM and this newsletter drops in just a couple hours, it’s a sign! PLUS! “TOP GUN 3” is now in production by Paramount! Mach-10 at the ready, LET’S LAUNCH into a Wednesday!

Tom Cruise's 'Top Gun 3' Is Currently in the Works at Paramount

Tom Cruise is ready to get back in the cockpit.

hypebeast.com/2024/1/tom-cruise-top-gun-3-currently-in-the-works-paramount-pictures-confirmed

😵‍💫 I’ve co-piloted an F-18 (for like 5 minutes) 😅 Naval Aviator Shaw flew with the Blue Angels, pulled 6 G’s, and went upside down supersonic over the Gulf of Mexico! Exhilarating doesn’t even begin to describe the rush of flipping around stratospherically! BEST ASSIGNMENT EVER. The Gulf looked like tin foil with the sun’s reflection. It got me thinking of perspective change. When you’re elevating, everything looks different!

“I’M IN THAT JET AND YELLING MY HEAD OFF!”

💥 It turns out I’ve got nothing on Miss America! Madison Marsh (Miss Colorado) is actually training to be a Top Gun fighter pilot! The 22-year old is the first U-S military member to be crowned. Marsh hails from Ft. Smith Arkansas and studied at Harvard. What a launch!

TO“Slaying Stereotypes!”

KEEPING WITH THE AERODYNAMIC LAUNCH THEME….

THE FALCON 9 IS LAUNCHING TODAY. It’s taking the first all European crew of astronauts to the ISS. The crew is from AXIOM SPACE. The space exploration company is developing the first ever low orbit COMMERCIAL SPACE STATION. The goal? To get the first section of its next-generation platform up in 2026. The multi-national quartet of astronauts will conduct some 50 experiments. Their proposed space station module is being designed by French visionary Philippe Starck.

“POD WITH A VIEW”

“TO CATAPULT INTENTION INTO MOTION IS TO CATALYZE NEW BEGINNINGS.”

—SS

A catapult actually exploits stored energy to launch forward. In a sense, it’s “readiness!” Back to Maverick, it’s the highway to the danger zone and you’ve gotta be in the right head space! Alabama Coaching icon Nick Saban, who just announced his retirement, says it well. “Don’t practice until you get it right. Practice until you can’t get it wrong.”

💗 My church is launching a new location in Miami Gardens this Sunday! Our team has spent countless, gritty hours refining things for the past two weekends. We’re in it heart and soul and marching in expectation of what God will do!

“Jesus is Our Message”

What new things are you launching this year? What relationships are you launching? What’s your perspective? What’s your expectation? And, what kind of behind the scenes work have you put in? All that stored energy has unlimited potential! Channel a Maverick vibe! Scream so you don’t pass out in the jet. Defy preconceived notions like Madison Marsh. Let your dreams expand interstellar into novel frontiers. Ruthlessly crush through fear. Pray with imagination and hope. I’m for you! Thanks for traveling with me! ❤️‍🔥

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