"Luck"

(Mark Twain)
   (pg. 213)


     What exactly is luck? How do you define getting 'lucky'? Is there really such a thing as luck? ... All of these are questions that I tend to ask myself when thinking about luck. This simple quote from a book by Dr. Seuss is really a great way for me to express my views on this subject! “When you think things are bad, when you feel sour and blue, when you start to get mad… You should do what I do! Just tell yourself, Duckie, you’re really quite lucky! Some people are much more…Oh, ever so much more…Oh, muchly much-much more unlucky than you!”  When I read this, it clicked in my brain that everyday I am lucky. I thought about several instances that I may have gotten what some people would call "lucky", but they were hard to come by and not very interesting. I loved that quote so much because it uses the word luck in a different way. The way I look at luck is really not luck at all. I look at it as more of a blessing. Instead of saying I got lucky, I love to say that I am blessed. My biggest blessing that I have in my life would definitely be my family. I was adopted when I was just a day old. My birth-mother was very young, and wasn't able to support a child, so she chose adoption over abortion! My parents were called right before I was born and alerted of a baby girl that needed a home. Growing up, I didn't fully        understand exactly how fortunate I was. However, over the years I have seen just how much I really did need them. I guess you could say that I was lucky to have been adopted instead of aborted. I like to look at it as i was blessed. Many children are not this fortunate, and I thank God everyday for giving me life. Also, for blessing me with the best family ever!


:)lgj