Are You Ready For Good Luck?

Because I believe blogging is one of the most important things you can do to build your practice, and I believe that one should "practice" what one "preaches," I've been contemplating all morning about what to write here that would be inspirational, informative, or helpful to you -- our clients and readers. And yet, whenever I break away long enough from working (dealing with copyright issues, managing the design team, editing new legal content, coordinating priorities, etc.) ... all I can think about is Cooper.

Cooper is the jockey-club-registered, Off-the-Track Thoroughbred (aka OTTB) that I fell in love with and purchased yesterday. What can I tell you about Coop? He is a big bay gelding. He is nearly 16h tall. "Bay" means he is dark brown with a black mane and tail. Gelding means, well, he's a boy but there's nothing he can do about it! He has a jockey-club tattoo under his upper lip which proves he is 16 years young, a registered TB, and had at least one start at the gate.

But that doesn't really tell you anything about him at all. And there isn't much I can tell you from here. To understand Cooper, you would just have to look into his eyes. Just one look and you would see the trademark Thoroughbred courage. This boy is nothing but heart and soul. Intelligent. Kind.

I read the sale ad. I looked at my budget. I considered my other horses. I added up the costs. But it was all over when I to see him.

He had me at Hello.

And for the life of me, I'm having a really hard time figuring out how this relates to marketing an estate planning or elder law practice.

Except to say this.

Luck arrives at the confluence of preparation and opportunity.

I have dreamed of a horse like Cooper since I was the size of my granddaughter, Lexi. I drew his picture a thousand times on every scrap piece of paper until I was old enough to realize it was never going to happen. I lived almost a whole life that was mostly just fine without him.

A few years ago, I did not know it, but I started preparing for the opportunity to meet Cooper.

I learned to ride -- really ride and not just hang on (an essential if you dare to climb aboard a 16h Thoroughbred!). I bought a farm. I bought three other horses, each one of them a special blessing in his own way. I grew the business and along with it, a certain degree of financial independence.

When I looked into Cooper's eyes yesterday, and my knees went weak, I was thankfully READY for this great gift.

Cooper comes home tomorrow.

What great things are you preparing for today? Will you be ready when it's time for your dream to come home?

Comments

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Everyone deserves goodluck and I agree that patience should always be the first thing to consider before getting the results of patiently waiting. Update us about Cooper again :)