All New People by Zach Braf

Character: Charlie

Charlie: Im an air traffic controller. I was an air traffic controller.

Normally I handled the busiest section of the approach into Newark, JFK,
and Laguardia. And one day, as Im staring of into space, I got distracted
by these two ants on my console. They were fighting over a tiny crumb from
the Pop-Tart I had eaten for breakfast. It was the strangest thing. It was like
I went into a trance. All I could see were these two little insects, fighting
over something that was so important to them; so crucial to their survival.
But I could see with such clarity that that Pop-Tart crumb meant absolutely
nothing. And then I thought well, if there is a God, thats probably how he
feels when he looks down at me. Hes probably cracking himself up
watching me wrestle myself over nothing. And so for the first time in my life,
I felt this odd connection to God. So I thought I should pray...
Five died on impact. The inquiry ruled it an accident. They suspended me
for a hundred days. A hundred days! It works out to 16.6 dyas per life. I just
dont think thats enough.