On Sunny Lane: It's Not All Luck
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Sometimes, when Sweetheart and I get together with friends, we play a card game.
There is scarcely an evening goes by that one friend will not say, as the cards are being dealt, “It’s all luck.” I say that, even though luck plays a big part in every card game, it’s not ALL luck. Strategy is very important, too. Otherwise, why play? The other players would just declare the person who was dealt the best hand the winner.
Sweetheart is living proof of the importance of using strategy. His feathers are not the least bit ruffled if he gets a bad deal. He uses the cards to his advantage and often comes up a winner. I have done it, too.
On the other hand, sometimes a person is dealt an extraordinarily good hand and blows it. All it takes is one bad play to throw the whole game off.
The same is true in life. A person can be born into a well-to-do family. The person could have the advantages of wealth and opportunity and blow it all. All it takes is indulging in bad habits and otherwise spending their fortune foolishly to land a person on the streets.
Even a person who is lucky enough to win the lottery doesn’t have her/his future sewn up. We’ve all heard stories of people who have won the lottery and spent it foolishly, thus ending up in worse financial condition than before winning the jackpot.
People sometimes spurn the love that their family has provided and step into a relationship that is unwise. Sometimes s/he may not recognize true love and latch on to temporary gratification.
On the other hand, a person can be born on the “wrong side of the tracks” and, like the person who was dealt a bad hand, use good strategy to make a success of his/her life.
One person may be raised in a loving family and spurn that love. Another person may grow up in an abusive family, learn how to love and raise a loving family of his/her own.
The nice thing about being dealt a bad hand of cards is that the player will be dealt another hand next time around that can lead him/her to win the game.
The amazing thing about life is that every day is a new day and a new chance to make a success of it. In fact, life is full of second chances. No matter what mistakes we have made in life, we can always start over.
God is a God of second chances. It’s not all luck.
Dorothy is the author of two books—“Miles and Miracles” and “Getting It All Together “. You can purchase a book or send a comment by emailing her at dorothybutzknight@gmail.com