The word luck has come to my mind a few times recently, either being spoken by someone else or through experiencing it personally.

Anne McKevitt, a hugely successful entrepreneur and coach, was who I heard saying she doesn’t believe in luck.  In that  particular context she was talking about making things happen, taking action, etc., and I certainly agree that luck isn’t something you’re likely to get much of sitting around on the front porch thinking about what you coulda woulda shoulda.

But I definitely think of myself as a fortunate person, self-made or otherwise.  I don’t allow myself to be stopped by too many what-if obstacles and that keeps my path pretty clear for action.  Actions result in consequences, some planned, some not.  I guess you could call those unplanned consequences good luck or bad, depending on what they are.

My latest good fortune has been as small as coffee leaking (a lot) out of my travel cup all over my clothes on the drive in on Monday, a day when I had to wrangle a board meeting – the good luck being the top I was wearing was the one thing I own of a color which apparently completely blends with coffee, so the (multitude of) stains didn’t show!  And in the past, as huge as coming out of a nasty roll-over car accident basically in one piece (you never realize how lucky til you survive one and then all you hear about on the news are these awful deaths from car roll-overs!!).

For sure people’s paths are sometimes literally on a collision course with other people and things. But don’t discount the beneficence of life because you’re afraid of what might be around the next corner.  Move forward openly and just be as ready as you can for what’s next because, to quote Seneca the Roman: luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.

P.S. Hope you don’t mind, but I called this post The Luck Dragon because “The Never-Ending Story” is one of my favorite movies and so of course Falcor the Luck Dragon came to mind along with the rest of the luck items.

P.P.S.  Turns out, Falcor has his own Facebook fan page!