Mission Impossible? Think Again…

I was on my way home taking the MRT from Toa Payoh today. As usual, I walk the same old path from my office to the train station and down the same escalator, but things were a little different this time. Just when I was about halfway down the escalator, I heard the sounds ‘Doors Closing…’ and I saw a train on the side I’m supposed to take. I happened to be on the phone with my brother at that time, so I just muttered into the phone “I just missed a train.” However, at this point in time, my legs just suddenly started moving by itself without me thinking.

I sped down the escalator, tripped but did not fall and headed towards the door. I could see a lot of surprised faces as if telling me that I won’t make it, since the doors, it’s an underground station so there are two doors, has started to close before i came close to it, but I just leaped forward suddenly and managed to get into the train. Everyone was startled and I could even see people talking about how I managed to make it in time and they were laughing. I was quite embarrassed and moved away from the area. When I made it into train, the first thought that came to my mind was “What Happened?”

I had initially given up on the train and wanted to wait for the next one, but somehow, something prompted me to speed towards the train and I followed my instinct. Was it my intuition telling me that I can make it when logically speaking, I have an extremely low chance of making my way into the train?

What’s the whole point of this post? Firstly, I am very happy that I managed to catch the train and saved myself a few minutes of precious time. Secondly, I’m just boasting about one of my closest experiences to becoming Tom Cruise in Mission Impossible. Most importantly, I think that there is something we can all learn from just this one incident. Recall that I had initially thought it was impossible when I declared to my brother that I missed a train, but what’s the final result when I tried to go for it anyway? There are so many things that we think are all impossible, but maybe all it takes is a little ‘Just Do It’ attitude to make it possible. After all, we don’t know until we try.

Additionally, I think that we need not always just think logically. Sometimes, we don’t have the liberty of time to make a rational decision or a rational decision might not be the best one. Perhaps we should learn to accept our inner feelings more and factor it into our decisions. At least it saved me a few minutes of my time today.