Not wishing to sound paranoid, but most nights I go to bed feeling lucky that nobody I love or care about was killed or injured that day by some shallow, thoughtless nitwit who texts while driving, drag-races on public roads, idiotically fires a weapon in the air, goes 100 MPH down the turnpike….you name it…..
Around here a few years ago, some 12-year-old boy was just standing in his driveway watching New Year’s Eve fireworks with his family. From out of nowhere comes a bullet which hits him in the head, killing him instantly.
It was determined that some jackass from perhaps two miles away fired a weapon into the air at midnight, and that was it for the poor kid. Nobody ever found out who the jackass was…..but the jackass certainly knows.
Many people live in fear of what some armed terrorist or ISIS might do, when it is FAR more likely that some stupid person is going to get you….or someone you love.
So, yeah, I think we should all be grateful for unexpected good fortune which happens to come our way, but also thankful for the BAD luck which did not.