Transmission 023: The Obstacle is the Path

- - - - - GREETINGS, EARTHLING - - - - -

Today is Friday the 13th.
A date some humans find unlucky.
(Especially those with a fear of goalie masks.)

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Unlucky? Or just unexpected?

Earthlings have a funny relationship with misfortune.
A spilled drink becomes a cursed day. A detour becomes doom.
But not every disruption is a disaster.

Sometimes the thing that ruins your plan is the very thing that makes space for something better.

Unlucky today. Lucky tomorrow.

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Reframe the misstep.
What feels like failure might just be a left turn toward the right path.

You do not control all the outcomes.
But you can control your outlook.

“There is no good or bad, only perception.”
(Marcus Aurelius said that. Quite wise for a human emperor.)

The obstacle is not blocking the path.
The obstacle is the path.

Embrace the challenge. Learn from it. Grow. Make your own luck.

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Why don’t the Xehon People schedule spacewalks on Friday the 13th?

Because the thirteenth moon always asks too many questions.

Hahaha. You’d be laughing too if you knew the Xehons. Trust me. This one kills in Quadrant 6.

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Float well, Earthling.
NeilA

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