October 7, 2006

Are you lucky?

Written by Cindy Kirk in Jaunty Post

At work this week we had drawings for lots of prizes if you were an employee who’d given their “fair share.” For the past few years I’ve given my “fair share” because the company has thrown in an extra vacation day if you do. But when the names were announced, I noticed most of them were the same people who “always” win. No, I don’t think there’s anything underhanded going on….but I do think some people are lucky.

They enter a contest and win a prize. They go to Vegas and come back with enough money to finance an entire trip. They buy a lottery ticket and at least win back more than the cost of the ticket. Me? Not a thing.

So am I really unlucky? One might think so. Or am I just lucky in a different way. I’m still married to the man I met in high school and married when I was still a teenager. And, we’re still happy together. Our daughter is a wonderful woman who has a career doing what she loves (teaching) and is set to marry a wonderful man who I know will make her very happy in less than two weeks. I have a career that I enjoy with coworkers I genuinely like. Not only that, I’ve been able to write and sell books which is what I LOVE to do….and I enjoy good health, good friends and and all around good life.

Not that my life hasn’t had it’s sad/disappointing moments…my parents are both dead…and my mother especially died waaaay too young, but overall it’s been good and I feel lucky to have the life I do.

So when I go to Las Vegas in ten days (which is where my daughter is getting married–Ceasars Palace-Terraza Gardens) I may not come back with a pocketful of change….but I guarantee I’ll feel like a winner!

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8 Responses to “Are you lucky?”

On October 7th, 2006 at 9:22 am
Rainy Says:

Cindy,
I’m like you in many ways. Winning prizes or lotteries. Forget about it! In fact, if they awarded prizes for not getting one single number on a lottery ticket, I’d be a millionaire. My husband and I were in Vegas a few years ago and the only gain we had was in poundage from all the buffets.
But overall, I think life’s treated me well and I’m fortunate in that respect.
I checked the dictionary for the difference between lucky and fortunate.
“LUCKY- happening by chance. FORTUNATE-Receiving some unexpected good. FORTUNATE suggests being rewarded beyond one’s deserts. HAPPY combines the implications of LUCKY and FORTUNATE with stress on being blessed.”
So when I think of my life so far I do feel more blessed than lucky. Much love and joy tinged with some sadness and pain.
On October 7th, 2006 at 9:57 am
AndreaW Says:

I think everyone has a bit of luck every now and again…some more than others. But, I’d rather be happy than really lucky, and I am very happy.

Cindy, I wish your daughter best wishes on her upcoming nuptials!
On October 7th, 2006 at 11:41 am
Cindy Kirk Says:

Andrea, I totally agree with you…I’d much rather be happy than really lucky.

Rainy, Your comment about not having one number on a lottery ticket made me smile–because that is exactly what my tickets look like.

Love the comments!
On October 7th, 2006 at 1:17 pm
Shana Says:

I have no luck at all. None! It’s a good thing that I don’t like to gamble because I would be very poor. But you’re right that good fortune can be measured in more ways than just contests and lotteries. Having great friends and a wonderful family is a fortunate thing indeed.
On October 7th, 2006 at 7:49 pm
Haven Rich Says:

I’m a member of the little luck club hehe. I do from time to time have good luck on winning authors contests but when they put up the big prizes, do I win? No. Of course, I’m perfectly happy not winning the gold earrings or some fancy chocolate…I’d prefer winning 2nd place, which is typically the signed book hehe.

So I suppose I am lucky in the fact that I don’t typically win things I don’t want lol. Now if that only worked on the lotto, I’d be set haha.

I think luck is in the eye of the beholder…someone who might win small things might consider themselves on the top of the world or they may think they will never will the big stuff..its all a matter of view point.

And I love the comments above and totally agree. And I’ve always loved this phrase ~ I may not be lucky, but I’m lucky in love.

BTW Cindy congrats on your daughters wedding. My husband and I stayed at the Ceasar when we got married (but it was up the strip in one of those little white chapels hehe).
On October 7th, 2006 at 10:26 pm
Cindy Kirk Says:

Haven,

Thanks for the congrats. I may have been in the chapel you got married in… In 2001 when I was researching a book, my husband and I went through almost every wedding chapel on the strip. The book I wrote, Wedding Bell Blues, won the Booksellers Best (best inspirational) in 2002
On October 7th, 2006 at 10:27 pm
Jenna Petersen Says:

Before we got married, but husband used to always win on scratch tickets and when there were pop twist offs (one summer he got by only buying one Coke. He kept winning free ones with every new one, so he never had to buy another one).

Anyway, after we got married… I totally killed his luck. True story. Hardly ever wins with scratch tickets, never wins with twist caps. Sad. I’m a luck killer.

But my life, in general, is a pretty charmed one, so I can’t complain if I don’t win the lotto.
On October 8th, 2006 at 1:55 pm
Haven Rich Says:

Cindy, that is so strange. The husband and I got married in 2001, in a little chapel that was actually in “Intolerable Cruelity”, The Wee Kirk O’Heather or something like that.

What’s really strange is my aunt got married there some many years ago (which I didn’t know until afterwards) and then I did too.

October 7, 2006

Are you lucky?

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