How is a Sukkah like a wedding dress part two

So how is a Sukkah like a wedding dress? In fact, how is a airplane flight like a wedding dress? 

In Jewish mystical thought, space, time and matter are all forces of divine energy. These are all thought of as sparks that fell to earth at the time of creation and became embedded in existence. The sparks of time, space and matter all must be elevated in holiness for the world to fulfill the divine plan. That is way every action, no  matter how small, can often create powerful ripples in the world. This is why the way experience our journey, the small decisions we make (or refuse to make), and the almost unnoticed actions we take (or turn away from), can send seismic waves through all of existence.  A small earthquake in Africa can eventually move the tectonic plates in California. 

So, what does that  have to do with a wedding dress, a sukkah, and an airplane flight? Each in their own way put us "between worlds" and in some way more aware of time and space and matter. The Sukkah, for example, marks the end of one period of Jewish holy days and a movement into another season. We sit in a hut or booth...or in our case a tent...that has the illusion of structure and security, but is open to nature's wildness. We are aware that matter does not keep us safe, and that time and space move in some sort of unison. We put our faith in the seasonal parade to predict what we should wear to stay warm and safe and dry. 

The same is true in an airplane. We are traveling in something that can feel solid and is able to stay in the air based on the physics of the air and motion that few of us really understand.  We are again between worlds...in a very physical sense...and in a personal sense. We have no control over the plane. We cannot speed up or slow down the flight, nor control the time changes we fly through. We cannot fill our emotional space with phone calls or emails. We are at the whim of the wind and the sky and the skill of the pilot. And Hashem.  

And what about a wedding dress? It too marks a transition point. A new bride dons the dress as a single woman....who is partially married....almost married...committed to say those life altering words in a short time. Yet she is not married. She has planned for this day and now must let go of the details and trust that the events will unfold in some lovely way. And...even more importantly...she is trusting in something that she cannot see....love and faith in another human being.

We sit in a sukkah and have faith that we will be safe from nature's caprice. We fly in a plane and trust that human planning and schedule inconsistencies will still allow us safe passage. We dress in special garments and speak vows of love and trust that the words of the other carry the same heartfelt intention and commitment as ours. We act on faith and trust and hope and love as we enter that passage way of transformation and transition. 

And in that way our actions demonstrate our "emunah" out willingness to take a leap of faith into the sky, into the sukkah, or into intimate relationship with another.