“Luck never made a man wise.”

— Seneca, Letters to Lucilius

We take chances everyday.

Buying a lotto ticket. Sending out a resume. A new restaurant.

And if we’re lucky, that gamble will pay off.

We’ll be rich. We’ll land an interview. The food will be tasty.

I’m going to wager though that the things which are most important don’t require any luck at all – compassion, hard work, friendliness, courtesy, listening, giving, helping, volunteering, openness.

Those are the things we can risk …  and win every time.

On a beautiful spring evening, played games with six neighborhood kids and two inflatable dice. I won.