lily pads

I live on a lily pad in the middle of a still pond. My high dream is to get off the pond without falling into it. It doesn't matter how many clever ideas I have to achieve this goal, there is nothing but the lily pad and the pond, and me. My only plan must be to keep a watchful eye out for something, of which I have absolutely no knowledge. I sit and wait. I watch the horizon in every direction because I don't know from which direction my assistance will come. If I see more than one possibility before me I will jump on the first one close enough for me jump as I can only be sure that it is the right choice because it has arrived first. My ability to measure which choice is the right one increases with each jump, which is helpful as the more I jump, the more choices present themselves. The more I jump, the faster I travel. I'm moving to fast to bother with a plan!