Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.
-Dalai Lama

Things don't always turn out the way we think they should , do they?  But they always turn out perfectly! 

An Example

We really hope to buy a particular car we have had our eyes on for months.  We save and put away for the down payment, we wait for the right circumstances and finally trot happily off to the dealership to make our purchase...only to find out the car we wanted was sold.  We didn't get what we wanted (or what we thought we wanted). Where is the luck in that? 

Well maybe something else will occur in your life that requires  the money you put away.  Maybe you will hear that that particular model was recalled because of some major dangerous defects.  Maybe another car will come along that is even more appealing to your psyche.

Of course, at the time of finding out that  the thing you wanted is something you can't have...you will feel defeated, punched down and possibly rejected by Life.  It will suck...

Just know that you are not rejected by Life...you can never be.  Trust that Life knows what it is doing.  If you were meant to have that car...you would have it. What you want is not always what you need on this journey towards your best Self.

It really has little to do with luck though...it is just Life being Life.

It is all good!!!