Why Wonder Why

In some situations there is nothing you can do, you just have to go with the flow. If you're a control freak, these are the worst possible times because you literally have no control over your destiny.

A good example is every time you board an airplane. Once the airplane door is shut, you have zero control of your destiny, unless of course you happen to be a commercial airline pilot traveling as a passenger on a commercial airliner, but even then your control is minimal -- unless, the entire flight crew has the fish and you are called upon to land the plane (see the Airplane clip below). You're completely at the mercy of the the folks sitting in the cockpit, and you hope they have been trained well, which, unfortunately, is not always the case.

Another less dramatic example is rush hour traffic in most big cities. Once you hit the "sweet spot" of rush hour traffic, you just have to go with the flow. Hopefully, you have your XM Radio, loaded iPod, audio books, etc to help kill the time.

I think it's a sign of maturity when you are able to identify the "Why wonder why" moments, and it's definitely an evolving and imperfect process. It's the rare individual who can completely control all "Why wonder why" scenarios. I'm quite certain empirical testing would correlate having this skill to added years on your life as a result of relieving the stress quotient on your body -- keeping your heart rate from climbing, your blood pressure from boiling, or just your temper in tact so you don't insult the crazy guy next to you, who happens to not have the "Why wonder why" mystery solved, leading to a beatdown.

In any event, next time you find yourself asking "What the (fill in with your favorite expletive)!!?", soul search a little deeper and ask yourself if this is one of those "Why wonder why" moments. "I just want to tell you...good luck, we're all counting on you (another Airplane reference)."