Mr Rogers is not lucky. He simply has made the choice to follow Christ and to jettison one of the common millstones of modern American life.
Sounds to me rather more wise than lucky...
If you've got the finances to do that, ride horses out in the countryside, then I'd say that's lucky. Some of us are holding on by a thread to stay a live with the lack of jobs, kids to support and living in an urban hell hole.