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multigraincracker

(34,325 posts)
18. I'm the luckiest person in the world.....
Tue Nov 5, 2024, 09:30 AM
Nov 5

Half of it is good luck and the other half bad luck.
The world is random and the only control over the hand I’m dealt is how I play those cards.

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😍👍💙💙💙💙💙💙 LiberalLoner Nov 5 #1
I jumped on my motorcycle this morning and got all 14 green lights on my way to work. FSogol Nov 5 #2
That is fantastic BlueKota Nov 5 #5
HA! That happened to me only once on my commute to college. usonian Nov 5 #32
There's your sign. dchill Nov 5 #41
That's it, we're winning. joshcryer Nov 5 #48
I'm actually trying to stay away from election neews, but I have seen 3 Axios alerts - soldierant Nov 5 #60
I'm going to play golf today gab13by13 Nov 5 #3
Have fun! BlueKota Nov 5 #6
I am too⛳️🏌🏾‍♂️ spanone Nov 5 #8
You have my sympathies. I loved golf, but it did not love me back surfered Nov 5 #13
Trevino: I'm not saying my golf game went bad, but if I grew tomatoes, they'd come up sliced. Onthefly Nov 5 #19
Trevino, Legend. cayugafalls Nov 5 #20
In my 30's a friend of mine was heckling me how I had never fired a gun before. He dared me. He set up the target LiberalArkie Nov 5 #28
Great story! Onthefly Nov 5 #40
I sucked at golf BlueKota Nov 5 #33
BillClinton said "there's nothing wrong with America that can't be fixed by what's right with America" hope he was right Walleye Nov 5 #4
Hoping he is right too! BlueKota Nov 5 #7
Got that one on pintrest...love it. Bluethroughu Nov 5 #9
Plus have always loved Snoopy BlueKota Nov 5 #34
Me too. Bluethroughu Nov 5 #58
One of my favorite lines from Apollo 13: Tommy Carcetti Nov 5 #10
Yep uponit7771 Nov 5 #11
BlueKota.............. Upthevibe Nov 5 #12
Funny You Should Post This. ruet Nov 5 #14
I had a similar experience. geardaddy Nov 5 #22
That's amazing BlueKota Nov 5 #35
this is it for me NJCher Nov 5 #47
I saw a bald eagle today as well! Loryn Nov 5 #54
My surprise* tomatoes survived the freeze last night! niyad Nov 5 #15
Wow. I have a geranium still blossoming BlueKota Nov 5 #36
So are my roses. niyad Nov 5 #39
So are our camellias! BIG bush by the front door, and still full of pink-and-white blossoms. calimary Nov 5 #45
Yup. Joinfortmill Nov 5 #16
Oh, I like that! liberalla Nov 5 #17
I am dressed in blue from head to toe BlueKota Nov 5 #37
I'm the luckiest person in the world..... multigraincracker Nov 5 #18
Exactly bdamomma Nov 5 #21
ABsolutely! In my spiritual teaching, we call it "golden tongued wisdom." When somethinng jumps out and Amaryllis Nov 5 #23
It was definitely what I nerded BlueKota Nov 5 #38
It's right in line with Nelson Mandela's Choose Optimism over Despair. Lawrence O'Donnell spoke about it last iluvtennis Nov 5 #24
I'll take it in any case! relayerbob Nov 5 #25
I'm leaning in with optimism today... Half-step Nov 5 #26
Love it thinkingagain Nov 5 #27
Perfect! Thx for sharing PortTack Nov 5 #29
yes. the "what's right attractor" versus the "what's wrong attractor - which is all Donal Trump knows. somaticexperiencing Nov 5 #30
Well, to answer your question,.. NoRethugFriends Nov 5 #31
Charles Schultz is up in the cosmos somewhere Martin Eden Nov 5 #42
While sipping my coffee this morning I saw a 4 point Buck White tail in my patch of backyard woods ... Tommymac Nov 5 #43
Electrons at a spooky distance are real things Tweedy Nov 5 #44
Sweet... neohippie Nov 5 #46
Google Kamala Harris Predicted to Win By Nearly Every Major Forecaster. Emile Nov 5 #49
I had about a dozen blue jays in my yard yesterday Danmel Nov 5 #50
Thank you Brilliantcat Nov 5 #51
Wishing you well tomorrow! BlueKota Nov 5 #57
We had massive thunder such as I haven't heard since Senator Daniel *Kahikina* Akaka addressed the Hawaii Legislature. mahina Nov 5 #52
I was in and out of my polling place within 5 min. Staff said it had been steady all morning but had little or no Jmb 4 Harris-Walz Nov 5 #53
Double rainbow in Baraboo, WI PoliWrangler Nov 5 #55
I think coincidence explains most of what we Dark n Stormy Knight Nov 5 #56
I don't pray Faux pas Nov 5 #59
Thank You - I believe in messages from the Universe and everything is going to go right dai13sy Nov 5 #61
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