You realize, of course, that Luck plays an important part in determining how things that people do turn out.

It's the mostly-unlucky ones that make the newspapers.

I'm sure you've heard of the man who asked his friend to take his picture at the edge of Mt. St. Helens a few days ago. He took one step backwards and fell about 1500 feet into the caldera. They knew he was alive for some time, as he blew his whistle to let them know, but the helicopter couldn't get to him until the next day. The autopsy will will tell if he died from his injuries or hypothermia.

Luck. Sometimes her attention is elsewhere.

Sue