luck: If You Want Good Luck, Use The Right Bait
- 09/15/07 10:08 PM
This summer, my daughters and I used to drive past a field of wildflowers every morning. Some days we’d surprise a goldfinch and see that bright flash of eye-catching yellow flit past us. Somehow the girls decided that seeing a goldfinch seemed like a good omen, so we always paid attention and tried to see them every morning. If they saw one, they believed the day would be good, and so it was. I’m all for creating my own luck. I went out this weekend and bought a goldfinch feeder. I have it set up in front of my big living … (39 comments)
luck: Be Your Own Hero
- 07/08/07 11:34 PM
As he sat on the launch pad in Apollo 7, about to become the first American to go into space, Alan Shepherd was thinking about how every single piece of his ship was built by the low bidder. And he prayed, “Please, dear God, don’t let me screw up.” Are our heroes really all that different from the rest of us? I don’t think so. We look at the people around us that we consider successful and sometimes think there must be something “special” about them that helps them get ahead. I think not. I think that too many of us … (37 comments)
This summer, my daughters and I used to drive past a field of wildflowers every morning. Some days we’d surprise a goldfinch and see that bright flash of eye-catching yellow flit past us. Somehow the girls decided that seeing a goldfinch seemed like a good omen, so we always paid attention and tried to see them every morning. If they saw one, they believed the day would be good, and so it was.
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