In the current calendar year, I have personally not been negatively impacted by hurricane Beryl and other extreme weather events that have hit the Houston metropolitans area.
Friends and colleagues have not been so lucky with several enduring power failures multiple times. So why have I been so lucky? We usually ask the title question when adversity impacts our lives.
Clean living, fate, etc. are claims we all make when fortune smiles on us. Probably none of these are true in my case. Luck plays a big role when we are smiled upon. None of us can be certain what will come our way and when adversity will hit and perhaps hit hard.
The word Luck, has a number of whimsical expressions such as, “I would rather be lucky than good.” This writer would take that all day long! Another whimsical expression.
“Happiness is a quality of the soul…not a function of one’s material circumstances.” ~ Aristotle (384–322 BC). In other words, it is not about what happens or does not happen to us, words spoken over 2,300 years ago. It is what we make of our life.
Finally, stay tuned (a 1950s statement about the then emerging technology — television). Shortly we will launch another Blog tentatively titled, Wisdom of the Ancients. There is an immerse body of knowledge from our forefathers that are applicable today.
What do you do everyday to assure the quality of your life?
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The author’s credentials in this field are available on his LinkedIn page. Moreover, Dr. Shemwell is a coauthor of the just published book, “Smart Manufacturing: Integrating Transformational Technologies for Competitiveness and Sustainability.” His focus is on Operational Technologies.
“People fail to get along because they fear each other; they fear each other because they don’t know each other; they don’t know each other because they have not communicated with each other.” (Martin Luther King speech at Cornell College, 1962). For more information on Cross Cultural Engagement, check out our Cross Cultural Serious Game. You can contact this author as well.
For more details regarding climate change models, check out Bjorn Lomborg ands his latest book, False Alarm: How Climate Change Panic Costs Us Trillions, Hurts the Poor, and Fails to Fix the Planet.
Regarding the economics of Climate Change, check out our blog, Crippling Green.
For those start-up firms addressing energy (including renewables) challenges, the author can put you in touch with Global Energy Mentors which provide no-cost mentoring services from energy experts. If interested, check it out and give me a shout.