You’ve heard it said that chance awaits us all—but I tell you that good fortune is not arbitrary. There are the lucky: the lottery winners filing for bankruptcy, the gamblers betting away their winnings, the trust fund babies trapped in apathy.

Then there are the flourishing: they who outlive and outlove, who leave a gift and a path for the world. They possess what the lucky lack. They see what the majority miss. They inhabit a rare foundation. Their good fortune springs not from mere chance but from an ability to make something of everything—even nothing. They sow seeds into the garden of fortune everyday, everywhere.

It is said that misfortune chases us all but I tell you that fortune pursues us more swiftly. It reaches for you. You must learn only to seize it where it dwells—in the obvious and obscure places all around you. I will give you the eyes to see good fortune reaching, and the tools to keep it on your side for the rest of your life.

Glenn Llopis, Author