luck and success – client k

Being The Exception

The eggplants were outgrowing
the cages placed around them.

A loved one suggested
I simply take off the cages.
The eggplants should be
large enough
to fend for themselves.

I was tempted to do that.
Replacing the cages
with larger ones
was work
and required more chicken wire.

Maybe the squirrels and rabbits
wouldn’t target the eggplants
this time.
Maybe this time
would be the exception.

You and I both know
that exceptions are…
well…exceptional.
They rarely occur.

I replaced the cages.

Don’t bet
your entire business
on being the exception.

Long shot bets rarely pay off.

You do everything you can do
to ensure a project
is a success.

It still fails.

Hey, this happens to me.
Often.
It happens to everyone.

Because like it or not
(I vote for not),
good luck is a factor
in EVERY success.

We need a bit of good luck
to be successful.

Acknowledge that.
Accept that.

Try to minimize
the impact luck has
but know that a little bit of it
IS necessary.

And also know
that, eventually,
if we try hard enough,
work wisely enough,
we WILL get that little bit
of luck.

My tiny part of the world
has been having
pleasant temperatures
and reasonable rainfall.

I see what is happening
in the rest of the world.

I know how very lucky
I am.

I’m grateful
every d@mn day for this weather.

And I realize
it is due to
mostly luck.

I know we’re getting
a lucky break.
I know that lucky break
won’t last forever.

So I’m taking advantage of it
AND I’m preparing for
the time
when that lucky break ends.

If you receive a lucky break,
realize that is what it is
and ensure you make the most of it.
Don’t assume it will last forever.