Today, multiple things happened that derailed my son’s after-school plans. He had wanted to go to the park with a friend, but the friend was sick, it rained, and the toy we’d ordered that he was going to play with didn’t arrive in time.
Here’s the thing though: any one of those things would have derailed his plans. So all the others were just “free” bad luck! They were misfortunes that didn’t add any additional burden or ruin anything else. One piece of bad luck essentially immunized him from the others!
It can feel overwhelming when multiple bad things happen in quick succession, but often the “concentrated bad luck” is better than the same misfortunes spread out. So enjoy the freedom of a statistically better tomorrow!
The Opportunity Machine 