I do not belief there is anything like luck or ill-luck. It is all about recognising or not recognising opportunities when they come our ways. It is all about being in the right place at the right moment and in the right attitude to notice what is happening around you and acting appropriately. Beneath what some people call luck is enormous sacrifices. People see a relationship from the outside and they conclude that the people in that relationship are lucky not knowing what sacrifices each party is making to make the relationship work. When your children are doing well in school and they grow up to become highly successful in life, some of your neighbours would say you are lucky. They would take no cognisance of the sacrifices you, the parents, had made for them so that they could grow up to be responsible citizens. At work, you go the extra mile to make things happen for your employee, at the end of the year, you are rewarded with promotion, some of your lazy colleagues would turn round to tell you how lucky you are.
They say some people are born lucky. Well, in that case, I would say everyone is born lucky. Some will however realise their luck in their lifetime. Others will not. The difference between those who realise their luck and those who do not is in the ability, of those who do, to cultivate their own lucky environments. Cultivating lucky environments include having the right attitude to life. Having the right attitudes to life means being receptive to all ideas and all people no matter how repugnant they may appear to you at first.
We were all born with varying amount of potentials in us. The pursuit of life is for the individual to achieve his or her own potential in their own individual ways. This has to do with taking actions everyday to move towards reaching that potential. You cannot guarantee that the actions you take each day would definitely take you to that potential. The most important thing is that you take an action every day. It is in taking those actions every day that nature works in your favour.
When you take an action that enables nature to work in your favour and people see the outcome of the favour, they say that you are lucky. What has luck got to do with it? For example, as part of your daily actions, suppose you decided to play a lottery and won 1 million pounds. Would you say you are lucky? Well, I would say, it is your miracle. Playing the lottery is part of your daily actions. You would not have won it if you did not play. Playing the lottery is an act that demonstrates your own personal commitment. No one could have guaranteed that you would win. It is your act of faith that led you to play the lottery. You won because you fulfilled your own part.
So, what some people call luck, I call miracle. This is a much more spiritual thing than luck, which is the world’s misrepresentation of divine intervention. The distinction between the two is important. One suggests you are alone in the universe. The other suggests you are not. One gives self congratulation for their luck. The other gives thanks to the ultimate power that has made the miracle happen. Everyone can create their own miracles.
They say some people are born lucky. Well, in that case, I would say everyone is born lucky. Some will however realise their luck in their lifetime. Others will not. The difference between those who realise their luck and those who do not is in the ability, of those who do, to cultivate their own lucky environments. Cultivating lucky environments include having the right attitude to life. Having the right attitudes to life means being receptive to all ideas and all people no matter how repugnant they may appear to you at first.
We were all born with varying amount of potentials in us. The pursuit of life is for the individual to achieve his or her own potential in their own individual ways. This has to do with taking actions everyday to move towards reaching that potential. You cannot guarantee that the actions you take each day would definitely take you to that potential. The most important thing is that you take an action every day. It is in taking those actions every day that nature works in your favour.
When you take an action that enables nature to work in your favour and people see the outcome of the favour, they say that you are lucky. What has luck got to do with it? For example, as part of your daily actions, suppose you decided to play a lottery and won 1 million pounds. Would you say you are lucky? Well, I would say, it is your miracle. Playing the lottery is part of your daily actions. You would not have won it if you did not play. Playing the lottery is an act that demonstrates your own personal commitment. No one could have guaranteed that you would win. It is your act of faith that led you to play the lottery. You won because you fulfilled your own part.
So, what some people call luck, I call miracle. This is a much more spiritual thing than luck, which is the world’s misrepresentation of divine intervention. The distinction between the two is important. One suggests you are alone in the universe. The other suggests you are not. One gives self congratulation for their luck. The other gives thanks to the ultimate power that has made the miracle happen. Everyone can create their own miracles.
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