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![JDP_Irishphoto](https://eatingdisorderrecovery.net/images/JDP_Irishphoto.jpg)Happy [St. Patrick's Day](http://www.history.com/topics/st-patricks-day)!

What's your take on luck? Do you have lucky moments? Are you a lucky person?

Are others lucky?

Here's a piece from my morning journal.

I believe less in luck as I see what goes into creating a life. Yet, at the same time, with so much unpredictability in the complexity of the universe, I think every moment of existence is lucky.

What does luck and lucky mean to you?

I'm just back from a delightful children's program at [Books and Cookies](https://www.booksandcookiesla.com/) in Santa Monica with [DidiPop](http://didipop.com/) performing. I sang a brief solo of [Molly Malone](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molly_Malone) to the little children and their parents. So I'm feeling happy and a bit [Irish](https://www.irishcultureandcustoms.com/) today.

Fun teaching the children what a wheelbarrow is and what cockles and mussels are.

I explored more about what I feel about luck this morning in my journal. Here are some entries. See what you think.

- I'm not lucky: I work hard, study and share.
- I am lucky: I have the genes, the friends, the country and the planet where my life happens.
- I'm not lucky: I make my luck through preparation.
- I am lucky: The climate, the earthquake, flood, tsunami, volcano potential, crashing comets and asteroids, viruses and bacteria, the out-of-control bus or falling airplane didn't destroy my preparations.
- I'm not lucky: I think, plan and act on my plans.
- I am lucky: I am able to think, plan and act.
- I'm not lucky: I love and am loved in return.
- I am lucky: I love and am loved in return.
 
What might you add or change from your point of view about luck?

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***Written by Joanna Poppink, MFT.** Joanna is a psychotherapist in private practice specializing in eating disorder recovery, stress, PTSD, and adult development.*

*She is licensed in CA, AZ, OR and FL. Author of the Book: [Healing Your Hungry Heart: Recovering from Your Eating Disorder](https://www.amazon.com/Healing-Your-Hungry-Heart-Recovering/dp/1573244708/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1344473529&sr=1-1&keywords=healing+your+hungry+heart)*

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