You’ve probably heard the aphorism that “Luck is opportunity meeting preparedness.” A lot of people aren’t prepared, so when an opportunity comes their way and they aren’t prepared to act on it, they “aren’t lucky.”

I’ve certainly missed out on luck many times in my life, but as I have slowly grown in wisdom over the years, I think I am getting luckier by being prepared.

When a story broke nationally last week that was on the topic dealt with in my novel Seeking Sara Summers, I proceeded to spend a whole day posting comments on every blog covering the story that I could find.

Consequently, I received an email from a reporter with the Canadian Press, the Canadian equivalent of the Associated Press. I ended up doing a 30 minute phone interview and was prominently featured in the article which hundreds of papers posted last Friday. The article included the name of my book and my website!

(If you’re interested, you can read it here. )

When I first got the email from the reporter requesting an interview, my gut clenched a bit. I wasn’t a spokesperson on this topic, I said to myself. Who did I think I was, anyway? You know – all those critical voices most of us have came out en masse. But after a minute or two I calmed myself down and answered her email and set up the interview.

So this national publicity was “lucky” yet came about from my hard work, my ability to not hesitate and then my willingness to go out of my comfort zone. As the saying goes – go out on the limb – that’s where the fruit is!

If you have stories of your “lucky” moments, I’d love to hear from you. Meanwhile, may you collect some ripe fruit of your own over the coming weeks and months.

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