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Just My Luck
Wit and Wisdom
by Beth Broderick
Luck.
“The definition of luck is when preparation meets opportunity.” My mother said this to us many times when we were growing up. It has a nice “pull yourself up by the bootstraps” Americana feel about it, a nod to the work ethic bestowed upon us by our Puritan ancestors.
That is not, however, the definition of luck. This is how it is described according to Webster’s, Oxford, and Cambridge dictionaries:
“To prosper or succeed, especially through chance or good fortune.”
“Success or failure apparently brought by chance rather than through one's own actions.”…
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