You know when it rains and you contemplate running or speed walk? When you decide ehh not too bad as long as I can get to that awning over there? You get there and you assess what to do next?

You observe the nearest puddle exposed to the rain and you measure how much rain you face for the next 3 blocks. You decide to speed walk by the wall against rush hour foot traffic.
Shortly you find yourself underestimated your 3 blocks by another 3 blocks. A person who is carrying a large umbrella who couldn't decide to go right or left, a couple sharing a small umbrella who stop and stare at you, and the messenger who is cruising through the rainwater.
You get to another awning 2 blocks later and you are really wet. You think how stupid it was to brave the weather against the odds of weather reports you got from 2 iPhone apps and Metro news. But you feel like why not, how come the messenger can live through this and not you? Is it just a state of mind? But wait why should I be pissed? Just pretend you're not wet. Or accept you're wet and tried to adapt a state of mind you really didn't want to but just to prove something.
Wow, it stopped raining and I'm not that wet either...I guess I should feel good now.
Wait, WHOOOOSH (As the pizzeria worker clears the water off of the awning and half of it catches my left arm). I guess I feel really stupid now. Or is it the ultimate test of sticking to your state of mind?