CALL ME CRAZY, MAYBE
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Today was a crazy day at work, but one of those days that makes you happy. Makes for a good ride home too. A moment of happiness. And it was on my way back that I unexpectedly experienced another moment of happiness, like the icing on the cake, so to speak ...

You know, after a while you can easily sense when a traffic light will change. Useful for adjusting your speed, optimally use your energy. Sometimes you are superlucky when there is a special button to request priority as a cyclist. (A button with a sequence that you will also quickly get to know.)

So I, unfortunately, saw that the traffic light was going to change and not in my favor. It was a dark, rainy and windy autumn day. I knew I would be just a few seconds too late to make it to the green light. And too late to push the button*. However, I also knew that that button had been partially damaged recently, you often had to try a number of times before it might work. Bummer.
* After a red light you still have a few seconds to quickly turn the light back green by pressing that button, magically.

But today, as I resigned myself to my "defeat", the moment my hand reached for the button ... I got a WOW! A rush of adrenaline. (No, not an electric shock. Imagine that hi-hi.) The defective button had been replaced with a brand new button. And the best part: the traffic light immediately changed to the color green! Had been replaced, exactly today – on this crazy but happy day. Instead of waiting a long long time, I was able to continue cycling almost immediately and continue on my path of happiness.

Little coincidences like that make me happy. Call me crazy :-)