We are in luck because we actually incorporate pets into our emergency planning.

Good planning, a bit of luck — we've dodged a bullet.

Good planning, a bit of luck — we've dodged a bullet.

Luck certainly has a lot to do with any kind of success. But on the other hand, this is a business in which relationships are very important. And also there is oft times a degree of complexity to those relationships. She was always able to represent my point of a view in a way that made it palatable to whoever she was dealing with.

We have been talking to our donors and saying if you are planning on giving, you might want to consider giving earlier.

Luck take a second look at what appears to be someone's ''good luck.'' You'll find not luck but preparation, planning, and success-producing thinking.