Never Assume

Everybody wants to be lucky. Most lucky people nurture pessimism, guarding it against assaults, exercising it daily to keep it lean and hard. The uses of pessimism among the lucky can be articulated in terms of Murphy's Law that I have learned back when i was still a psychology student. It is stated  that "If something can go wrong, it will." Never, never assume that you are fortune's darling. Never drop your guard. It is like a constant vigilance against wary chronic Lyme disease. Lucky men and women, notably more than the unlucky, are aware that no life is ever totally under control of its owner. If you cling to an illusion of control, you wont build defense against bad luck. When bad luck does strike, you will be too demoralized to react in useful ways. People who are lucky are by definition those whom fortune has favored - but one reason they are favored is that they never assume they will be. They know fortune is fickle.