Are You Lucky?: Our Attempts To Influence Our Fate -- And Dealing With What We Get by Brian Hale

What this book aims to accomplish…

This is the first time I’ve written an entire book. I have learned a lot in my life, and a lot of it is worth sharing. I am lucky that I was able to fulfill this life’s dream of writing a book. In each of our lives, we have all experienced occasions of good and bad luck. Sometimes within an instant of each other. Each of us is allowed to choose which outcomes we focus on, in order to support the attitude we want to have about life. So much of our life surrounds luck that I wanted to explore its origins, its incarnations in society, and share ways I have seen people respond to its results. Some of my close brushes with luck are enclosed, but I have also added the stories of many people with whom I have had an association. There are also stories of public figures who have demonstrated the power of luck in their lives. Whether we be lucky in love, sports, or war, there are many stories to share. Enclosed are just a few to get you started thinking about whether or not you are lucky.

Luck in our culture…

Our culture is comprised of people who believe God has preordained everything in our world, and other people who believe that all luck is human-generated. Perhaps palm readers, crystal ball gazers and astrologists ARE tuned into the vibrations of fate. Many of us knock on wood, or cross our fingers, carry a lucky charm, or many other things to help bring good luck to bear. Humans have proven that they will do anything to get a leg up on this dangerous affair we call our lives. But when misfortune finally catches up to us (and for some of us, that comes sooner rather than later), what role might our response to the challenges before us set a course for our future fates? There is room for the religious here. If you believe in the wonders of a Supreme Being, you are very forunate to have been treated so well. Not every life form has such a blessed existence. Many religions are built around rituals that some have suggested borders on superstition. Even if you believe in God, and the Big Bang Theory of our origins, how much does God intervene in the daily routines of our lives? At what point does God lead you hither and yon? Is he also guiding you when you choose to do something regrettable? Luck is everywhere. Or is it?

About The Author

Brian Hale has been a writer all of his life. His early published works included news articles and opinion columns for the Bear Facts student newspaper at Bear Creek High School, outside of Denver. This spark ignited a career in writing that has included Managing Editor of the University of Northern Colorado Mirror, a series of professional newspaper reporter jobs with the Vallejo (CA) Times Herald, the Aspen (CO) Daily News, the Sixteenth Street Shuttle in Downtown Denver, and the Westminster (CO) Window Newspapers. Ultimately that road turned off into school public relations work, where he has used his writing skills to positive effect for more than 25 years. He has the best wife in the world, five young adults who call him Dad, and eleven grandchildren. And after waffling a little early on, he would have to admit, he does feel very lucky!