On yesterday’s train, the wifi was slow and erratic. It took me 40 minutes to watch a 20-minute episode of my favorite anime. Towards the end of the journey, it improved, and I could even get some work done. Leaving aside the fact that wifi on a train is a miracle in itself, with todays’ hindsight, I can see: Functioning wifi is good, and good is a privilege.
As most German train journeys, mine are often plagued by delays. Yesterday, however, every train was on time. I switched, got off, got on, and it all went off without a hitch. Punctual trains are good, and good is a privilege. This applies to many other things.
You’d like your bread to taste amazing, but nothing can taste amazing every time. But if your bread is not doughy, too hard, too bland, or has a hair baked into it, that’s worth a lot already. It’s just normal bread, but normal is good, and good is a privilege.
Normal coffee. Normal working hours. Normal parcel delivery service. It’s all just the standard, and yet the standard being standard, happening reliably, again and again, is already cause to celebrate. Normal is good, and good is a privilege. Cherish the enabling status quo.
