일어나지 않은 일에 대해 감사할 수 있습니까?

During the COVID-19 pandemic, my family and I stumbled on a deal too good to ignore—cruise ship prices had plunged, so we happily booked our berths.

Well, it turned out to be quite an adventure.

During the cruise, one of the ship’s propeller motors died. Luckily, the ship could still move, but at a slower pace. Several ports destinations were canceled. Some of the passengers were livid, and the air buzzed with complaints about ruined vacations. 

My family and I were disappointed but not angry. Not because we were saints—far from it. A little backstory explains our relatively mild reaction.

The thing is, we almost didn’t make it up the ship. On our three-hour drive to the port, we got a flat tire on our rental car and discovered, to our horror, that there wasn’t a spare tire in the car.

When we finally found help, I sped to the port, while my wife begged on the phone for the ship to wait for us. We made it—barely—just as the gates were closing. Phew!

This near-miss exper