What is luck?
Different people think of it in different ways. And everyone creates their own definition of luck. Some of these definitions sound so wise, you'd think they'd been spoken by some hotshot religious leaders. But it ain't like that. You can have your own definition of luck, but unless something lucky happens to you, you don't get it.
There is nothing called luck, actually. It is just a concept that the mind of mankind has created, skulking around looking for a solution to some random question of philosophy; a solution that cannot be called false since it does not cross any principle that has yet been established as reasonable true, and while yet lying in the realm of doubt, is comfortable enough that it may be accepted without too much discomfort. Basically anything that happens in such a manner that you wanted or expected or hoped it would happen, is taken as an instance of luck.
Logically, is this justified? Not really. Because almost everything that you do nowadays has your hand in its making, consciously or unconsciously. You get whatever you worked for. And based on your own experience, you know, consciously or subconsciously, how well or badly you performed, and what the outcome of what you did should approximately be. You would thus end up with some expectation, however slight, of the result. Human nature never talks of itself exactly; it's either always self-glorifying or self-deprecating. So when the result comes out better than expected, it's good luck, and if it's worse, then it's bad luck.
Look at it this way, and you'll be able to actually explain all those instances of 'good' luck as very favourable or pleasant logic. And then you'll see that the instances of actual 'luck' are nothing but very nice coincidence. And they will be quite few and rare to find!
But regardless of how rare the coincidence it's fun to see the consequences of it. Like when you have a certain minimum score that you're hoping to get in a test, and it turns out that you just manage to get that minimum score. The luck part of it is that you got the bare minimum you need to scrape through. And as a result, a lot of nice things happen, because life just got a little simpler with that bare minimum score.
Interesting things happen in life. You only need to keep your eyes and ears open. You'll never know what's happening otherwise.
Different people think of it in different ways. And everyone creates their own definition of luck. Some of these definitions sound so wise, you'd think they'd been spoken by some hotshot religious leaders. But it ain't like that. You can have your own definition of luck, but unless something lucky happens to you, you don't get it.
There is nothing called luck, actually. It is just a concept that the mind of mankind has created, skulking around looking for a solution to some random question of philosophy; a solution that cannot be called false since it does not cross any principle that has yet been established as reasonable true, and while yet lying in the realm of doubt, is comfortable enough that it may be accepted without too much discomfort. Basically anything that happens in such a manner that you wanted or expected or hoped it would happen, is taken as an instance of luck.
Logically, is this justified? Not really. Because almost everything that you do nowadays has your hand in its making, consciously or unconsciously. You get whatever you worked for. And based on your own experience, you know, consciously or subconsciously, how well or badly you performed, and what the outcome of what you did should approximately be. You would thus end up with some expectation, however slight, of the result. Human nature never talks of itself exactly; it's either always self-glorifying or self-deprecating. So when the result comes out better than expected, it's good luck, and if it's worse, then it's bad luck.
Look at it this way, and you'll be able to actually explain all those instances of 'good' luck as very favourable or pleasant logic. And then you'll see that the instances of actual 'luck' are nothing but very nice coincidence. And they will be quite few and rare to find!
But regardless of how rare the coincidence it's fun to see the consequences of it. Like when you have a certain minimum score that you're hoping to get in a test, and it turns out that you just manage to get that minimum score. The luck part of it is that you got the bare minimum you need to scrape through. And as a result, a lot of nice things happen, because life just got a little simpler with that bare minimum score.
Interesting things happen in life. You only need to keep your eyes and ears open. You'll never know what's happening otherwise.
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