Tag: gratitude fortune

Someone cuts you off in traffic, you get stuck behind the person with 30 items in the 10 items or less line, your hair dryer fails in the middle of your blow-dry, the cat throws up on your favorite shirt, and every time you say to yourself, gritting your teeth through it all, "Yup, just my luck."

You say the same thing when your flight is delayed, or your luggage lost, or your spouse forgets you exist or doesn't recognize all the work you've been doing around the house and hours you've been putting in at the office—the list goes on.