Do
You Feel Lucky?!
By Allen Merritt © 2018
Recently, I noticed several green shamrocks cut out of
construction paper decorating a glass pane at a coffee house I visited while
tooling around L.A. Each one started off with the words, “I am lucky…” followed
by someone’s thoughts on what they were lucky to have, experience or be.
It seemed to me these little notes were ones of
gratitude offered up for passerby’s to see and possibly glean something from;
an opportunity to reflect on ones own luckiness.
If one is paying close attention, they will read a
couple of the “lucky” notes and begin to consider something they might feel
lucky for or about.
As it was getting close to St. Patrick’s day I began
thinking of Shamrock shakes and four leaf clovers, which I remember from
childhood. I recall picking through clover patches and literally looking for
that lucky four leaf clover. Once in a blue moon I would find one and feel
extra lucky. (They are not easy to find). Once you find one, you gently place
it in wax paper and between the pages of a favorite book to flatten and preserve it
for future good luck. (I’m willing to bet most people forget they put it there
until they stumble upon it years later flipping through that same book).
Sometimes kids will fake a four leaf clover by
trying to add the extra fourth leaf to a three leaf clover. Funny the things we
do to convince ourselves we are special. Guess we are all hungry for a little
bit of luck even if we have to fake it a little to get some. Sound familiar?
Anyway, I am not sure any good luck ever comes
around in the way we think it will by possessing the magic clover! When I think
of luck and feeling lucky, the following things come to mind: a) finding a
lucky penny (heads up) on the street; b) a lucky rabbit’s foot; c) lucky ducks; d) fortune cookies; and, e) Lucky Charms.
Superstitions and myths are the things history is
made of. As I think of it, I clearly have a certain amount of luck running
throughout the course of my life. It’s beyond my control. Even though there are
times when we create our own luck by simply stepping up and taking action
toward our goals, much of it really has nothing to do with us or our lucky
charms.
Lucky is quite possibly another word for blessing,
don’t you think? And what is a blessing but a favor presented to us! Since luck
is something out of our hands and brought about by chance, then it only makes
sense that the idea of luck is something brought about by our imagination more
than anything.
Luck seems to be associated with winning often
unexpectedly. Some people have it and some don’t. But is that really the case?
I would bet most people have heard the line made
famous by Clint Eastwood, “Do you feel lucky?” Even with those words we
understand luck wasn’t really the question. The way I see it, luck is
recognizing the beautiful things around you and accepting the little blessings
that come our way and seeing them for what they are.
I think everyone has a little bit of luck in their DNA.
Good things can happen all the time. We simply have to recognize and embrace
that part of ourselves. Some folks might even say we make our own luck and we are the masters of our own fate. What do
you think? Do you believe in luck? Do you feel lucky today? If so, what are you
lucky for?
It’s something to think about this week as we get
started living life on a positive note.
If you need a little jump start, here’s an old song
to get you start pondering that for which you are grateful for. It’s called I’m
Looking over a Four Leaf Clover.
I wish everyone a load of good luck.
Enjoy and Cheers!
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