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Today's expression is fantastic.

It is a stroke of luck.

A stroke, S-T-R-O-K-E of luck, L-U-C-K.

So a stroke, S-T-R-O-K,

that word has many,

many possible definitions.

So don't think of it as just that word.

Think of it as the expression.

A stroke of luck.

A stroke of luck.

Now, what does this phrase mean?

It means something that happened by pure luck. By 100% chance, it was lucky, lucky, lucky, unbelievably lucky.

Okay?

So let me give you an example. A long time ago, back in 1989, I was in San Francisco, just by chance, just for two days, I think, maybe just one day. Yeah. No, it was just one day. And I was just doing some,

meeting some people. And then I left. And the day after the San Francisco earthquake occurred

and many, many people were died, many people were injured.

It was a complete tragedy for the city in 1989.

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