"There are moments in a Tennis match....

.... the ball hits the top of the net, and for a split second it can either go forward or fall back. With a little luck, it goes forward and you win…or maybe it doesn't, and you lose."

Watched Woody Allen's Matchpoint last weekend with a friend. If you haven't seen the film, here's a synopsis.

The film got us discussing -- Would we rather be lucky or good?

Well obviously, I'd like to be lucky. But I do believe that luck runs out unless you're good. Oh sure, there are tonnes of people in the world whom Lady Luck has raised to the mantle of success, and also hordes who have worked hard all their lives but are still waiting for their lucky moment. I doubt that there is a formula to figure it out.

So much of our lives is dependent on luck. We can't control all the variables that play with it and the idea of 'being in control" is simply ridiculous. It's too big a picture to manage. I can only contribute a teeny-tiny piece of it -- hard work. The biggest let downs of my life have been situations when I've been lazy and done a shoddy job.

It's too damned hard to rely on Luck. You never know when she'll show up. So until then, keep to the grind, my friend!