Fortunate
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: Coming by good luck or favorable chance. Bringing some good thing not foreseen as certain. Presaging happiness. Auspicious. Receiving some unforeseen or unexpected good, or some good which was not dependent on one's own skill or efforts. Lucky, favored by fortune.
Example sentence: China will consider herself fortunate if she succeeds in keeping herself intact and is not dismembered or partitioned among the European powers that are colonizing the continent of Asia.
Blessed
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To make something holy by religious rite, sanctify.
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: Having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing.In Catholicism, a title indicating the beatification of a person, thus allowing public veneration of those who have lived in sanctity or died as martyrs.Held in veneration; revered.Worthy of worship; holy.
Example sentence: Timing has always been a key element in my life. I have been blessed to have been in the right place at the right time.