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Wait and see

Submitted by Steven Brewer on February 13, 2008 - 12:51.

When people talk about luck, I'm always reminded of the story of the farmer and horse. Here is one version of the story -- you can find dozens of versions around the net. Here's another. To use the metaphor of the article above, what if Jane meets the man of her dreams hitch-hiking in the desert and Eddie gets a brain tumor at his new job before his health insurance kicks in. Lucky or not?

This isn't to discount the idea of being prudent or prepared, just to argue that a lot of whether any particular event is "lucky" is perspective, which can always be changed based on future contingencies.

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