From my readings

Today's Quote ... I am a great believer in luck. The harder I work, the more of it I seem to have. Coleman Cox

In an inspirational that I read yesterday, this was the quote of the day. Several years ago, I used a quote every day as my "starter" in my reading class... I depended upon several sources, and always searched for something the kids (9th graders) would be able to think about and respond. Sometimes we would get into quite a discussion about how to apply that day's delight into their personal lives. I think this quote would have been an excellent selection! It seems that some people seem to think that luck just happens, but I have become a firm believer that we make our own luck. Those who try hard and work diligently appear to be the ones who are successful. They make their life choices based on their hard work, never giving up. They keep a focus on where they want to be and persevere. Kind of keeping in mind the old saying, when the going gets tough, the tough get going! Well, over the years, we certainly have seen many successful and industrious people, who seem to just be lucky. Deep down, we know that there was plenty of hard work and stick-to-it-ive-ness to "get 'er done " and achieve the final goal or product. As you can see in the above picture, Dennis reached his goal of making over the bedroom that once belonged to daughter, Hannah. He repainted the entire room, de-cluttered the shelves, and voila! The office space is now his!!!! He says it was luck that it all turned out just as he wanted... I know it was his hard work and planning/plotting the entire project that made this great space, just for him! If I could only get "my room" organized now!