Two famous quotes come to mind as I post this sunrise photo, after having waited an hour for these epic rays to appear through the clouds.

“I believe luck is preparation meeting opportunity. If you hadn’t been prepared when the opportunity came along, you wouldn’t have been lucky,” credited to Oprah Winfrey, and, “80 percent of success is just showing up,” credited to Woody Allen. I call this a lucky shot that I would never have gotten if I had not been prepared and showed up. This is fact.