Tuesday the Thirteenth

Anyone know what the date is today? The thirteenth. Sometimes on the thirteenth I think of a character in a comic strip I used to see in the paper. He was very superstitious and every month on the 13th he'd moan and groan and say something like "Friday the 13th came on a Tuesday this month".

Now, a lot of people are superstitious about Friday the 13th, but I've never heard of anyone else who was worried about Tuesday the 13th or Sunday the 13th or any other 13ths.

Anyway, getting back to the comic strip, sometimes something bad would happen and this character would say that it was because "Friday the 13th came on a Tuesday this month", or whatever day it was and blame it on bad luck.

Now, of course, being the 13th had nothing to do with it, and neither did bad luck. Generally whatever happened was because of his own stupidity or carelessness, or that of someone else.

And that's the way that bad luck often is. Sometimes it's truly because of circumstances outside of anyone's control. But as often as not bad luck is caused by carelessness, or lack of preparation, or by doing something dumb. Good luck works the same, too. It's often a result of attention to detail and being able to recognize potential opportunities and potential hazards, and being prepared to act on that knowledge.

So when something happens don't be too quick to blame it on bad luck or good luck. Examine the situation and perhaps you'll find that you've created your own luck, either bad or good.

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