Ours is a tale of woe and wisdom, and in the telling I hope you will decide that being “un” lucky may be among the most fortunate of outcomes. We’re all fools of Fortuna, seduced by the goddess of luck, and subject to her whim; but it’s high time we loaded the devotional dice towards wisdom.

Loss is central to our lives. Some losses quickly acquire celebrity status, such as death and taxes, others are merely familiar like the ever-present threat of loss through failure. Many more, however, slip through the gaps in our awareness and steal our possibilities, leaving us to suffer the greater hidden loss of our potential futures denied.