Oddbean new post about login | logout GM Airports are so Fiat. Missed boarding a flight by 2 mins (8mins before takeoff). I got stopped through security because I had a butter knife in my carry on bag. I'm tired & annoyed but I'm also remembering that there are no coincidences. I'm not sure why I wasn't supposed to be on that flight yet though. I'm now in the flight that I initially wanted to be on & I have 6 less hours with my grumpy boomer father in law. Believing that everything is happening for you (rather than to you) helps you to see the silver lining in shitty situations. Perhaps the reason for missing the flight was that someone on Nostr needed to hear this message? 🤷💚
You're right. The reason was to read this note😜.
You're welcome 🤣
Hope you get another flight soon, Sir🫡.
That’s exactly why you needed to miss your flight! So you had time to write this message specifically so that people here specifically could read it, specifically!
It doesn’t happen to you or for you…. it just happens
If that's what you believe then that's what you will experience.
i think it's a more useful approach to ask the question, "how can this inform/extend/improve my life?" than to presume it's just a crapshoot and entropy not to say that it always means something, but you should examine if it does, no matter what, unless you are an idiot
Everything is happening for you is a good message.
i hope that the next time i travel by air it will be my last until the craft is powered by antimatter and has gravity control systems and can escape the gravity well also, you probably have a conversation you need to have with your dear old dad
Yeah definitely not a fan of commercial airlines. While I am in awe of flying, I find the whole experience very much at odds with the feeling of freedom I usually have. I've no idea what would have happened if I'd spent the whole day with my FIL. Missing the flight has reduced the time I've been with him & I think it's worked out quite well in the end. He's a bit of a miserable boomer sometimes & it can be a bit draining to be around him for long. It's been an interesting experience. I've not been presented with many negative situations from which to test this more optimistic mindset. I'm grateful for it but also eager to finish the reason for the trip & get back home.
i pray that it goes smoothly from here on... i don't have a lot of contact with people outside of nostr, but fortunately mostly pretty ordinary and not too exciting.. the comings and goings of the neighbourhood are amusing sometimes maybe the optimism doesn't pay off with ease but it always pays off with easy times with difficult people... especially if you are wise to not get caught up with solving their problems or accepting blame for some random shit they are cranky about