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well said. We are all struggling with something, and I know that I would not be who I am today without the struggles of my past. And I know there are more struggles to come. I think it’s how we deal with them is what’s important. I’d give anything to see a deer right now!

P.S. You rock. And luck has nothing to do with it

I think people who say things like that aren’t really saying you’re lucky, but that they’re superbly unlucky and that nothing comes easy to them. That may or may not be the case, because as you said, everyone has a history and a challenge, and it’s the way we choose to see it.

I consider myself very lucky in that the things I didn’t or couldn’t choose (my parents, my upbringing, the country I was born in, the economic situation I was born into), worked out well for me, and I had it so good. It is luck, I think that I always had a roof over my head and never went hungry. And I consider myself lucky that I had the opportunity to make choices, which many, especially in my part of the world, don’t.

So when someone comments that I’m lucky (as they often do, especially regarding my career), I tend to agree with them. What I probably don’t agree with is how unlucky they feel they are. I do believe that it’s easy to turn your luck around.