The Serendipitous Textbook

"Luck is that which you can observe in your life when you are aware," exclaimed Lucy to her English professor and classmates. The professor retorted "Please elaborate on this awareness-luck connection." "Sure," Lucy said as a slight smile curved her lips upward, "Opportunities are all around us meaning luck is everywhere as well, what usually gets in the way is our current state of awareness. We can interpret luck as a fluid dynamic that integrates our life or we can interpret our lives as unlucky moment-to-moment interactions where luck rarely glimmers. Again, it depends on your current state of awareness." "Quite the theory," replied the professor in an intrigued manner. At that moment, a textbook fell from the professor's mahogany desk and onto his freshly broken pinky toe resulting in a piercing yelp. The scream lasted a few seconds and suddenly the professor changed his demeanor. His eyes widened and felt his facial muscles give birth to a big smile that confused everyone in the room, except Lucy who shared the same smile.