luck

You know how people wish you good luck? Next time they do, tell them that luck favors the prepared. Luck appears when you show up. If you played the lottery over and over for an infinite number of times, sooner or later you’d win big. The problem with winning the lottery is the uncertain investment: odds are, you’d have to buy a lot of tickets to hit the jackpot. It’s a poor strategy for retirement planning. But in the lives we lead, we can keep taking chances. We can try over and over. You can raise your hand at any time and say, “Pick me. I’m ready.” Even better, you can step forward and say, “Hey, everyone. I’m doing this thing one way or another. Look out!” There’s a cost to every choice, of course: the road not taken, the path not pursued. But the far greater risk is to remain paralyzed with indecision. Better to keep buying tickets in the lottery of life. Better to keep moving, selecting a new direction when one choice doesn’t work out as you’d hoped.