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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

> Wish me luck.

There is no luck and there is no gain from asking for it or wishing 
it for anyone.

What people call "luck" is what happens when adequate preparation 
meets opportunity. Louis Pasteur said, "Chance favors only the 
prepared mind." E.B. White said, "Luck is not something you can 
mention in the presence of self-made men." Emerson said, "Shallow men 
believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect." Jefferson 
said, "I'm a great believer in luck and I find the harder I work, the 
more I have of it."

So I don't wish you luck. I wish you well. I wish you ever-growing 
insight into yourself and your needs. I wish you better 
decision-making skills based on conscious effort. Such effort 
requires focus and persistence, the essential human characteristics 
for success.