Luck, the Coward

I've mentioned to several people how I view my luck in life. I'm going to try here to explain without sounding too pessimistic, because I don't want to come off that way. I'm really just realistic about my 'luck in life.'

I'm certainly not a lucky person. I don't ever win drawings or free things.

But at the same time, I can't complain of having ferocious bad luck. Because, well let's be honest, it's not like ever time I drive somewhere I get in a crash, or that I just happen to step in every wad of gum that sticks to my shoe or pothole that makes me trip. Or that if there is a 1 in 50,000 chance of some bad thing happening, it will happen to me. And I've never been directly struck with lightning, attacked by a rabid animal, or personally targeted by a mass terrorist group.

Rather, luck is just not present in my life. Whenever things could go really well, they don't. Whenever I have the chance to win something, I won't. Very often I do run into the 'bad luck' sorts of situations (or at least more than I think my fair share). But I can also have moments of pseudo-good luck.

Take, for instance, just a couple weeks ago. I was at the BYU Housing fair. There were lots of opportunities to win free things, in activities and drawings, and etc. Wandering around with a friend, we both filled them all out, but I had no hopes of winning any (it just doesn't happen). When, what do you know, a place that I remembered was giving away an ipod called me and said I won! Excited, I stopped by the next day to pick up my winnings- only to find out that they had two drawings: an ipod and a $10 gift card to Brick Oven. Guess which one I won? The gift card of course. Guess who actually won the ipod? My friend.

So, I can't say that I suffer from horrible 'bad luck' and never win anything, but of course, ironically, when I do rarely win things, it's never going to be the amazing 'luck of the devil' things.

Basically, Luck avoids me. I think he's too frightened off by Irony, who doesn't understand the meaning of a personal bubble.