Whence Good Fortune?

Buried in the midst of Mary Oliver’s I Am Not Among The Early Risers is this line:

“Have I ever taken good fortune for granted?”

It is a line to stumble over were the answer (“Of Course!”) not so quick to the mind. And, I might sheepishly add, sometimes not only have I taken good fortune for granted, but I have even claimed it as my own work.

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