Amazed
I’m always amazed, when after setting out to travel to a distant place I actually arrive there, and in most of cases, at the expected time.
It’s not that I feel especially inept to handle travel or any mishaps on the way, nor because I just thrown myself at the mercy of lady luck never planning anything. On the contrary, I do plan and I almost always know exactly where and when I should be next.
Admittedly, sometimes I do tempt my fortune with only rough estimates. An example of which is getting on time at the airport. The amount of time I prepare for it is (almost) always correct. And even if, on the way, it turns out that I have left myself too little time, I was able to course correct on the way.
Only case of being late for plane, by 10 minutes, was quickly solved by paying little bit for a next flight and caused only slight anxiety. In the end I arrived at my destination exactly as planned initially.
Any errors of judgement can be fixed, not only because of myself-reliance, but also because there are systems in place which I can depend on, to move my journey forward.
My amazement is not because what I do or don’t, but by the fact that to get where I want to go so many thing must go right: things show up on time, working and following set procedures. All of them are outside of my control, yet, I can leverage them.
What’s amazing is the world’s order and predictability.