Do you know any full-time whiners? These people are often heard lamenting that "nothing ever goes their way". They believe that the odds are perpetually stacked against them and life singles them out for a second helping of misfortune. However, people that feel like they are born to lose are very lucky on a regular basis.
While we don't all receive the same amount of good luck, most of your good luck goes unnoticed. No, we won't all win the lottery, land the once-in-a-lifetime dream job, or end up meeting the love of our lives. But these are all examples of things that happen. What about the things that don't happen to you?
Last flu season, you didn't get sick. Despite the disrepair of your home, the roof hasn't leaked and the pipes haven't busted. When you made it to work safely yesterday, you didn't crash your car on the highway. These are all examples of good luck that you fail to recognize as good luck.
Misfortune is always lurking, and you're continually rolling the dice. Every second of every day, we're taking chances. You don't notice all the good luck that is packed into your most mundane, uneventful, and unremarkable day. It takes going to a deep, dark place in your mind to imagine all the good luck that you experience when tragedy doesn't befall you.
Everyday that you can, count yourself lucky that tragedy is still just a card in the deck, and not yet a card in your hand.
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