In some ways, it's a pretty remarkable world we live in.
I ordered a special LED light for my camera from Amazon. It cost 21 dollars. When I ordered, Amazon indicated that it would take three weeks to arrive. I'm in no rush, so no biggie.
This morning I got an email that it shipped. Amazon says it will be delivered sometime between Feb. 26-March 10. I wondered "where is this that it actually is going to take almost four weeks to get delivered?" So I checked my orders on Amazon to view the shipping status. It says "Package shipped .... from Dongguan, GUANGDONG China."
So for 21 bucks I can order an LED light, somebody in China gets the order, puts the light in a box, puts the box on a truck, that truck goes to a harbor, the box gets unloaded onto a ship, that ship sails across the ocean, the box gets unloaded and put onto another truck, that truck drives to a distribution center, somebody unloads it and puts it on another truck and so on until some random guy gets it in a delivery van, drives past my house, stops, unloads it, and puts it on my doorstep here in Texas.
Without getting into the ecological ramifications of all this, I'm feeling powerful and mighty this morning and, per the teachings of Ray Wylie Hubbard , keeping my gratitude higher than my expectations.
I ordered a special LED light for my camera from Amazon. It cost 21 dollars. When I ordered, Amazon indicated that it would take three weeks to arrive. I'm in no rush, so no biggie.
This morning I got an email that it shipped. Amazon says it will be delivered sometime between Feb. 26-March 10. I wondered "where is this that it actually is going to take almost four weeks to get delivered?" So I checked my orders on Amazon to view the shipping status. It says "Package shipped .... from Dongguan, GUANGDONG China."
So for 21 bucks I can order an LED light, somebody in China gets the order, puts the light in a box, puts the box on a truck, that truck goes to a harbor, the box gets unloaded onto a ship, that ship sails across the ocean, the box gets unloaded and put onto another truck, that truck drives to a distribution center, somebody unloads it and puts it on another truck and so on until some random guy gets it in a delivery van, drives past my house, stops, unloads it, and puts it on my doorstep here in Texas.
Without getting into the ecological ramifications of all this, I'm feeling powerful and mighty this morning and, per the teachings of Ray Wylie Hubbard , keeping my gratitude higher than my expectations.
