I have a friend, one of whose favorite songs in high school was "Learning to Fly", who 17 years later is at a point in her career and life where she is finally taking flying lessons.
I'm very happy for her. I expect it would have happened even sooner, except that recent years have been busy with her marriage, moving, and other big changes, which have certainly been even more central to her happiness!
Since she has also retained her sense of humor from her youth, here are two pictures for her office door. ;-)