Yes it is a Hunger Games reference, no this post is not going to be all about the book-turned-movie phenomenon. So I don't believe in good or bad luck, I think it's what you make of a situation that determines what kind of luck you have. I consider myself an incredibly lucky person, not because I always win contests and prizes, but because what I do get seems to be better than anything I could ever ask for.
I think I started being contest-lucky in fourth grade, that's when I started to notice it at least. We had a bake-sale at lunch and I put a couple of tickets into the pot just out of habit (at this point I really had no hope in ever winning one of those cakes). The end of the day comes and they're about to announce the winners so I turn to my friends and start talking about how I never win, and what do you know, "Camila in 4th grade" is what the student on the PA says. The day I brought home that baseball cake was passed in complete, surprising bliss. Ever since then I have won many more raffles, a couple of contests, and a chance to ask a lead singer to prom on stage. I don't know about you but I'd call that pretty lucky.
But it's not the cake, or the prizes, or even the prom date that matters. The prom date fell through but I'm not disappointed; I'm too lucky to be disappointed. The reason all those things are so special is because i never expect to win, I'm never confident in my luck even though I have a fairly decent track record. I enter things because they go to a good cause, my friends asked me to, or I just do it out of habit. Sharing whatever reward I have with my friends is the best part. The shock that comes across their face all but supersedes my own.
So I am lucky, I'm lucky to have friends that I can share these things with. I have amazing luck to have had so many best friends throughout my life that I've never felt alone. Whether they leave the state or we just lose touch, I'm sad but at the same time it makes room for another person to come in and create lasting memories with me. I guess I'm lucky that they leave at the perfect time for someone else to walk in. That's all there really is to it, friends that is. I know it sounds really cheesy but as long as you have those two or three people that you wouldn't change for the world, good and bad, no matter how long they stay, you should consider yourself lucky. I know I do.
So here's a list, a list of my greatest accomplishment in the luck category in no particular order. If I did believe in good and bad luck, I'd say I've had the best luck so far.
EF
NT
AT
JR
LN
PR
LS
VM
MM
MF
FR
TC
PM
MF
AR
MC
SS
and I wouldn't take anyone off this list for the world.
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