Looking For Luck

“Learn to recognize good luck when it’s waving at you, hoping to get your attention.” — Sally Koslow

   

For people who grieve, even the moon turns sour and no amount of pretty flowers, glad moments or reassuring words bring comfort until they are ready to receive it.

Many feel a deep sadness for the world as they watch opportunities for healing and longer life sustainability slip away. Kindness, facts and expertise are under attack.

One can only hope for sheer luck ... some miraculous unexpected twist of fate that rights the wrongs of deceitful scoundrels hoarding power that have/will create misery for significant patches of the planet. Yes, to combat the manipulation of issues needing urgent attention, we need truth, action and a rather large sprinkling of good luck.

And although we can make educated guesses, when it comes down to it, no one really knows for sure what the near future and beyond hold. Consequences for acts of the ill-willed and well-meaning can be equally and surprisingly unpredictable.

No creature on Earth can be certain where they'll end up. Even those that squirrel away wisely for whatever lies ahead could discover themselves at the mercy of luck to keep them from harm. And sadly one person's good luck can be another's bad luck.

Luck not only wears many guises but at times is unrecognizable. What at first appears to be bad luck can lead to positive outcomes and vice versa. Moreover, we all know luck is fickle, particularly in storms of either sudden escapes or life-altering falls.

At this writing, from my southwest corner of British Columbia, the bomb cyclone that severely hit nearby Vancouver Island came and went. Due to warnings, I had pinned down a few outdoor things that might fly away. This proved prudent but unnecessary since barely a breeze showed up in my area on the Mainland. The picture above and below is of Vancouver which was also spared the storm's wrath. Some say that we make our own good fortune but luck does choose its own time and place of arrival.

Explore more at Poets and Storytellers United, Face Off Friday, SKYWATCH and Saturday's Critters. 

Check out my sites: Postcards from Penelope Puddle and Musings of A Puddlist In B.C.

Because the state of our planet is the most pressing issue of our time, link up and learn about the  Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Report.

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