Tag: luck

Dark times are inherent in our lives. They don’t skip over the good guys or the lucky ones. At some point those difficult and blackened times hit us all. We don’t, however, get to choose when or how darkness falls upon us. Just as the earth revolves around the sun, we are put into the sunlight of day and the darkness of night. We obviously don’t control this force of the natural world. We do, however, get to control and choose how we respond to our adverse times and events in our lives.

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.

"Why am I so unlucky with not just money, but anything in life? Someone please help me understand."

If you have ever wondered this, or something remotely close, you probably want to drop what you’re doing and keep reading.

Well, first of all, I don’t really believe in luck. I do believe we are all on our own journey and here to learn the lessons that we are meant to learn. I also believe we are conscious co-creators of our lives, and that we don’t just let life passively go by.

Whether we embrace it, fight it, admit it, or deny it, the fact remains that much of life is based on luck. Luck makes sure that we’re in the right place at the right time so that we can experience the thrill of spotting Al Pacino leaving a fancy New York City restaurant just as we’re passing in front. And luck can even determine the outcome of a special day, as was the case on Tuesday, David’s birthday.

I have been in Spain long enough to know that arriving at an intended destination requires a fair amount of luck.