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Luck, Good or Bad?
Written
by Steven Griggs | stevengriggs.com
“Luck is
the idol of the idle”
Proverb
Proverb
“It’s hard to detect good luck – it looks
so much like something you’ve earned”
Frank A. Clark
“Luck is what happens when preparation
meets opportunity”
Seneca
Are
you lucky? Do you believe in luck? And what is luck?
According to the Free Dictionary, luck is
defined as:
“The chance happening of fortunate or
adverse events….. one's personal fate or lot”
In almost every case luck is defined as
something outside or beyond our control. As if we were just victims living out
our lives on our predetermined path waiting for the next curve ball or surprise
that fate has in store for us. See Wishing and Hoping
But is it true?
When was the last time something
happened to you that you considered lucky? When some thing or some situation
arose and made you stop and think: “Wow, that was lucky!”
Was it really luck? Was it really a coincidence?
Did you play any part in creating that
luck? Do you believe in coincidence?
Are you really surprised when someone that
you have been thinking about calling, maybe even just a minute or two ago,
calls you? Or when you mention wanting to see a friend you haven’t seen for a
while and then that day at the grocery store that friend walks up to you?
This would be called coincidence or luck.
But it’s not.
I don’t believe in luck and I don’t believe
in coincidence.
Once you get that you are creating your
life at all times and that you have created the circumstances of your life, you
stop blaming or complaining.
You will realize that you are
attracting everything in your life, the good and the not so good. You can start
changing those circumstances.
Counting on good luck or waiting for
your luck to change is being a victim. You are giving away your power.
It takes time and practice but you can
step out of powerless and into powerful. You can change your circumstances and
therefore change your life.
The first step is to take
responsibility for everything that happens to you.
Don’t be surprised when that friend or
relative calls or you run into that friend at the store. Take responsibility
and acknowledge that you reached out to them and they heard.
YOU created this, not luck.
The more you take responsibility, the
stronger your power can grow.
(There are many techniques and lessons
that can help you in this and I will present more ideas in future articles)
Once you get that, then you realize
that you are the essence of luck. You
create your luck.
And then you realize how lucky you
really are.
