Luck Favors the Prepared

"I don't know dahhling, luck favors the prepared." -Edna Mode

As I was reading a friends blog she quoted this line from The Incredibles and it got me thinking. I spent a while trying to figure out exactly what it means, this quick little line that is so easily overlooked in the movie. I went back to the movie, googled it, and now I think I've finally figured it out.

Luck favors the prepared. You get what you want when you are ready for it. You get "lucky" when you are prepared for that which is given to you that would therefore make you feel "lucky".

But then that leads me to think, what is luck? Dictionary.com says, that it is the force that seems to operate for good or ill in a person's life, as in shaping circumstances, events, or opportunities. Wikipedia says, it is good or bad fortune in life caused by accident or chance, and attributed by some to reasons of faith or superstition, which happens beyond a person's control.

Amanda says, luck is anything you believe it to be. One person's good luck can be another person's bad luck, it all depends on point of view and perspective. (Yes, I do feel that point of view and perspective are different. Point of view is where you come from when you look at something it cannot be changed, whereas perspective is the way in which you choose to interpret it which can be changed.) If someone is living a hard life they have no home and no where to go, and it begins to rain, that would be their bad luck. To someone who just didn't feel like going out to water the garden, the rain would be good luck. Though if either of them had a different perspective the luck could be different. If the homeless person happened to enjoy rain then that may have made his day and likewise if the person with the garden was looking forward to going out in the sun then the day would have been ruined.

I say choose to have a good perspective all the time. If it's raining, be thankful it's not a drought. Make all luck good luck to you and you will always be happy. Choose to see the good in anything. And if luck favors the prepared, get ready. The best day of your life could be tomorrow.

The Sharp Knife of a Short Life

If I die young, bury me in satin

Lay me down on a, bed of roses
Sink me in the river, at dawn
Send me away with the words of a love song

Lord make me a rainbow, I'll shine down on my mother
She'll know I'm safe with you when she stands under my colors, oh and
Life ain't always what you think it ought to be, no
Ain't even grey, but she buries her baby

The sharp knife of a short life, well
I've had, just enough time

If I die young, bury me in satin
Lay me down on a, bed of roses
Sink me in the river, at dawn
Send me away with the words of a love song

The sharp knife of a short life, well
I've had, just enough time

And I'll be wearing white, when I come into your kingdom
I'm as green as the ring on my little, cold finger, I've
Never known the lovin' of a man
But it sure felt nice when he was holding my hand, there's a
Boy here in town says he'll, love my forever
Who would have thought forever could be severed by
The sharp knife of a short life, well
I've had, just enough time


So put on your best boys and I'll wear my pearls
What I never did is done

A penny for my thoughts, oh no, I'll sell them for a dollar
They're worth so much more after I'm a goner
And maybe then you'll hear the words I been singin'
Funny when you're dead how people start listenin'

If I die young, bury me in satin
Lay me down on a, bed of roses
Sink me in the river, at dawn
Send me away with the words of a love song

The ballad of a dove
Go with peace and love
Gather up your tears, keep 'em in your pocket
Save them for a time when your really gonna need them, oh

The sharp knife of a short life, well
I've had, just enough time

So put on your best boys and I'll wear my pearls


That song is definitely one of my favorites right now. Whenever I hear this song I think of The Lovely Bones and how Susie Salmon commented on everything when she was dead and how she wanted everyone to be able to get over her death. In this song when it says "Lord make me a rainbow, I'll shine down on my mother, she'll know I'm safe with you when she stands under my colors" it's like she doesn't want her mother to worry about her. I also pay special attention to when the song says "a penny for your thoughts? Oh no, I'll sell them for a dollar, they're worth so much more after I'm a gonner." That's actually really true, like an artist never really gets recognized until after he/she is dead and authors are the same. No body pays attention to you when your alive, but when you die everyone will tell your family how much you meant to them. Personally I think people should tell the person who died what they mean before they actually die, that just makes a lot more sense to me. And finally the part of the song that says "Gather up your tears, keep 'em in your pocket save them for a time when your really gonna need them" It's like saying don't cry over me, I'm fine..wait until you really need a good cry. I just really really love this song, it makes me think of all the young people who die of disease, accidents, suicide, whatever and it helps me to appreciate life how it is now and to realize that I'm luck to have what I do. Everyone else should remember that too.