Comments on: You Make Your Own Luck

By: jarvisloop

jarvisloop — Mon, 07 Oct 2024 22:07:33 +0000

Thierry Mattea:

I’m not positive that I have a negative view on life. I very well might.

I can say with certainty, though, that I have become resigned to life and will accept whatever good or ill comes my way.

By: Thierry Mattea

Thierry Mattea — Sat, 29 Aug 2015 17:33:01 +0000

Born under a bad sign. I’ve been down since I began to crawl. If it wasn’t for bad luck, I wouldn’t have no luck at all!

To dismiss “luck” as a solely self-perpetuated phenomena is shortsighted and narrow-minded to say the least. Yeah, the line between self-manifested events in one’s life and those attributed to uncontrollable factors is very blurred and virtually indistinguishable. “Luck” is the random unfolding of events that either affect one favorably or otherwise, depending on being in the right or wrong place and time. Being born ugly vs. being born attractive is solely a matter of an uncontrollable event… unless you blame your parents (who obviously possess bad genes) for getting together and causing you to be born! It’s a proven fact that attractive people are “graced” with greater opportunities for success and wealth than those who are deemed unattractive, which inadvertently affect one’s self-image, further contributing to one’s self-manifested good or bad “luck.” A vicious cycle sort of speak! Lest not forget those being born with some form of mental illness, such as deeply entrenched depression due to biological imbalances. Are they unlucky, or simply people who insist on a negative outlook on life?!

By: Sam

Sam — Wed, 15 Jan 2014 22:44:17 +0000

Well, i recently thought about this, when i play snooker and i play well and i get “lucky shots” that just go into the pockets that only small calculation of angles and such , then after the game or two i would play a slot machine we have in our pub and i would win, anywhere from £2-£30, even thought i may gamble it..but theory is sound…PS…still broke. aha

By: danpaz

danpaz — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 06:51:01 +0000

I consider myself a lucky person, and though I know my outlook plays a large role in my luck, I don’t think it’s all about optimism. I think it’s more about being free of mind and not having too many attachments. I know quite a few people who always seem to get the short end of the stick, and one thing they seem to have in common is a kind of irrational clinging to things that are important to them. They might be clinging to favorite foods, to ideas about themselves or the world at large, it really doesn’t matter. What matters is the fact that they’re tying their fates in with some thought or inanimate object, which has no will of its own and cannot in and of itself affect any positive or negative changes in their lives. When conditions favor the objects of their devotion, they get “lucky,” and when they don’t, they become “unlucky.” Because there is no organized force behind any of it, they find themselves gaining half, losing half, gaining half, losing half, ad nauseum, until they’re left with very little save a very bitter outlook on life.

I think I’m lucky because I don’t get too hung up on the details. I just don’t get attached to the specifics. When I want something, it’s not because I’m attached to the thing. It’s because I’m attached to how it will affect my life. I don’t need to be a rock star to have fame, fortune, and prestige. So why get so worked up over being a rock star? Even those desires can be broken down further… why do I want the fame? Why do I want the fortune? Why do I want the prestige? What basic needs really need to be met? I take whatever opportunities come my way to answer those needs, and the hows, whys, whos, etc, are all incidental. In fact, I think the hardest part is finding ways to blend all these opportunities into something coherent, like drawing out a rough sketch using whatever paints and brushes are available to you to fill in the painting that is my life.

By: Opinion

Opinion — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 15:20:41 +0000

I feel I am genreally a ‘Unlucky’ person, but after reading this post, I am going to see if thinking positively and feeling you have ‘Luck’ helps.

I read this post..
uncontrollable_luck 14 July 2007 at 06:29 pm • reply
Interesting article.

What about luck that you don’t create. For example in recent news an airplane tragically crashed into two houses the other day. Two parents lost a 4 year old daughter and their son has 3rd degree burns on over 80% of his body – one of the worst kinds of pain. The father also received burns trying to save his children. How can these people ever feel lucky? I’m not trying to sound crass, really.

How horrible this is could the boy which survived be ‘Lucky’ because he made it. The plane could have killed everyone, but it didn’t, was that a act of ‘Luck’, or is it completly ‘Bad Luck’?

By: kc-guy

kc-guy — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 03:06:08 +0000

How could it possibly have been three years before someone posted:
“I’m a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it. “
-Attributed to Thomas Jefferson

By: allduerespect88

allduerespect88 — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 23:34:33 +0000

Gosh Darn DI!! How do you do it?

By: a1c

a1c — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 22:50:18 +0000

Luck be a lady, tonight!

By: pittbulloncrack

pittbulloncrack — Thu, 22 May 2008 18:50:57 +0000

Good luck, Bad luck, no luck at all? I believe that these are words we have come up with to descibe the things that happen to us in our lifes. Ones man luck is another mans misfortune. So luck is different for all of us. I’ve never consider myself luck, but some people in my situation would consider themselves extremely lucky. Im in good health, i have 2 beautiful children, and im fixing to get married,( to a very beautiful and very understanding woman.) So im really far from unlucky. Yet i feel when i go for the things in life (such as money, power, fame) i fall short. Am i unlucky? Whos to say. These things dont matter to some people. So if this is how u measure luck. Look around you at the people less fortunate then you, those who have lost everything in natural disasters or born into poverty. Are you really unlucky or just in the middle of the spectrem.

By: almostz1

almostz1 — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 19:41:34 +0000

“Fortunately, one’s mindset is entirely within one’s control.”

I challenge you or anyone else to justify this statement. Nothing could be further from the truth, and several of your own articles here clearly disprove it.