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Murphy’s Law says that anything that can go wrong will go wrong, and even though we usually say that as a joke, there's still something honest about that saying that reflects how we deal with the uncertainties of this far-from-perfect world. Though failure rarely happens all at once; it usually builds slowly, it takes shape through our small mistakes, missed signals, and our comfort that settles in when things seem to appear steady as she goes. The warnings may be there, sometimes they're obvious, sometimes they're faint, but they quietly blend into our rhythm of daily life until they suddenly can’t be brushed off anymore. Then what looks like a sudden moment of disaster is often just the final step in a long process of overlooking what we already knew what was going to happen. We have a way of choosing the safer and familiar procedures, even when it keeps them from seeing the cracks forming underneath. But then when things eventually fall apart, the reaction is not always surprising, it’s more like a recognition that sinks into our minds slowly, an uneasy feeling that this outcome was always waiting just beyond sight but our hubris got the better of us. And you see that kind of response or "lack thereof" deep in our governments and in our communities as much as it is in the core of us individuals. Real action often starts only after the pressure leaves us no other choice and that usually means that the crisis has already left a mark. It may be something else, something more than just preparation; maybe it’s about how we are, how our systems and habits push us to wait it out until something finally breaks the mold. In that, there lies a strange truth about our resilience: our strength isn’t ignited to averting disaster altogether, but it is in how we find a way to gather ourselves and pick up the pieces in the aftermath.

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