Sometimes reaching a goal demands significant hard work, while other times, success seems to fall into place effortlessly. Yet, in both scenarios, it’s impossible to discount the role of luck as a key factor in the outcome. The people featured here have shared their experiences that perfectly illustrate this idea.
- My wife and I were returning from a party at 2 AM when our car died in a remote area. There were no mobiles then, so we waited. An hour later, a college student passed by and drove us to town. We offered money but he said, “Happy to help.”Years later, my wife called in tears. With a shaky voice she told me to open the news. Turns out that student was actually a 35-year-old man who had robbed over 30 people in forests and abandoned areas, targeting drivers late at night.I had chills when I saw that he had been wanted by the police in several states. His methods were chillingly clever—he’d either pretend to be a lost hiker to hitch a ride or pick people up in his own car. After gaining their trust, he’d rob them of everything and leave them stranded in the middle of nowhere.
To this day, we don’t know why he didn’t rob us. Maybe it was because there were two of us, or perhaps because I was tall and muscular, which might have intimidated him. Whatever the reason, we were incredibly lucky to have walked away unharmed.
- My friend meets this girl in a bar, which he never does, and decides to see her again. Well, the date goes well and he gets lucky. They are cuddling afterward, and she rests her head on his chest and notices an irregular heartbeat.This girl is a nurse and demands he go to the emergency room immediately. They made him have a major heart surgery right then and said in a day he would have died. He didn’t even know anything was up.” OuchLOLcom / Reddit
- I was in a foreign airport, running late, and just missed the damn train — like the sliding door slammed on my foot. Had to wait 10 minutes for the next one. Got chatting to a girl. Now married for 6 years. © hippocratical / Reddit
- Today, when I went outside, I immediately noticed an old lady who was calling for someone. I approached her, “Hello, have you lost someone?” “Yes, my dog. Her name is Lina.” Well, how could I not help?
The 2 of us walked around the area, but couldn’t find the dog. I offered to print and place posters. We went upstairs, she gave me a photo of the dog and I went to the copy center. I put up posters on every doorway, and then I heard barking behind me — that’s when Lina was found, I guess she saw the poster that she was lost. © Not everyone will understand / VK
