When you write off that person as having some innate skill that you do not posses, you deny the power they have over their choices and you deny the same power within you.
When you look at them, what you see is the results of how they live their life in that particular moment (or...in the case of spouses or friends, you probably see a lot of small snapshots of how they live their lives). You see the tip of the iceberg, if you will.
What you don't see is the thousand little decisions (under the surface) that they make each week (parking a little further out in the lot consistently, taking the stairs more often, going for a walk once in a while after dinner, using a smaller serving spoon when they plate their food at home).
You can make those choices too. If you make them often enough, they become how you live your life -- and then you are the person others dismiss as "lucky".
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