I was really looking forward to my bicycle commute to work this morning. Last night I’d spent a decent amount of time preparing for a chilly, mid-30′s ride to work.

When I rolled out of the driveway this morning it was drizzling and very wet. My headlamps gave me a good sense of how steady the drizzle was.

Temps were actually in the low-40′s and my three layers were doing a great job of keeping me toasty.

About 1.5 miles into the ride, it hit me that I had left my employer’s security badge in my truck. I was livid! Under no circumstances are you able to attend work without this badge.

Hey! I have a checklist to avoid this happening and #1 on that list is “Security Badge”. Oh. I forgot to review the checklist. Bummer…

So, I turned the bike around but suddenly started feeling better. For one, I’d discovered this problem early in the ride. Secondly, I had a growing feeling that this ride was “not meant to happen.”

Hmm…

I’ve had moments in the past where I’ve felt like I’m getting not-so-subtle signs that I need to reverse a course of action. Most notably this happened a couple of times when preflighting an airplane. For example, I’ve found a little issue there and a little issue here and feel like there’s this little voice saying “Hello! Don’t go…”

I felt the same way this morning.

Perchance I was steered away from a much bigger problem that could have happened down the road during my commute. There WAS a dense fog advisory (though no fog in my immediate area). The roads WERE very, very slick.

Or, perhaps this was nothing more than me demonstrating ONCE AGAIN that I need to temper my desire to “get out the door” with patience and preparation.

Who knows…