Hi,
It seems sometimes people are so talented that they'l win anything. More so in sports where u find persons and teams with exceptional ability grossly under achieving. Is it their fault or is it just that their luck wasn't that good enough at cruicial times? Luck is crucial. Crucial in anything and everything. But people just don't realise the big role it plays in their lives. (maybe they do thats y there are so many religions out there!) For every thing that u do right from planning to actually doing it is in ur hands. But the actual results depend on luck always. It is acceptance of that fact that makes u enlightened. It is acceptance of luck's power that actually makes people reduce its impact. And conversely it is the very non-acceptance that leads to defeat. Take for example Hitler, a man whom i admire for his boldness and bravery and whom i detest for his foolishness and racial policies, had he for one second acknowledged the possibility of the Russian winter defeating him he wud not have let his armies set foot in Russia. Does it mean his armies were not good? Does it mean they were not well prepared? They were good and prepared too except for one thing they didn't prepare for bad luck.
A lot of us blame bad luck for our failures and most of them hearing it from us will probably think we are losers not standing up to our faults. Surprisingly its not true. Infact i rate bad luck as the cause of so many failures. Including so many of mine. But its taking bad luck in ur stride and accepting responsibilty for it that makes u a better person. Don't say its coz i dint get lucky just say i shud have tried harder. Next time make sure u negate the luck factor. How do u think big corps like microsoft stand today. Dint they have bad times. Ofcourse they did but they learnt from it and made sure it dint happen again.
If u get it wrong once its ok, get it wrong twice and u r damned.
I take that last one very seriously. The number of mistakes that u did twice is actually a count of how bad a person u r. If u wanna be good get it right. If u wanna be really good get it wrong once n u'l get it right every other time. Mistakes are the secret of success. And mistakes are caused as much by bad luck as your own faults. And if u analyse it later you'l always find that ur luck has its roots in yourself. Something u did or were supposed to do but dint. Small things like that decide fate. Again dont blame it. Accept it. I consider luck in a more spiritual way. I have to be frank i dont believe in religions but i believe in God. Im agnostic. If u ask me y i dont believe in religions its simple but ask me in person n i'l tel u ;) And why do i believe in God. Thats what this whole blog is about. Its about luck. Its about god. U see god is something or someone beyond our control but which is all powerful. Which makes this world run along. Which evens out the inequalities in the world. Which evens out the good and the bad. Isn't that exactly what luck does? Sometimes ppl get lucky they never expected. Sometimes u miss a frend whom u havent seen for so many years and he calls u that day. U go to canteen to have lunch and ur fav girl sits beside u!! Yeah thats coincidence but its still another form of luck. What made the frend call u? What made the girl sit beside u? Its just fate.
In Hindu mythology fate is compared with god but fate is usually associated with big things in life. But even for small things god plays a role. It's just that people call god by different names- luck,fortune,coincidence,fate,fluke. For me it all means the same. I don't worship God because noone can alter their luck by worship. It would be strange for people who worship to be given good things but people who don't be condemned to bad. if u look around u its not how the world is. The world is not biased towards one religion or one form of people. The world is for everyone to live their life in the way that he/she thinks is best. But its according to the way u choose that ur luck will be. Its ur actions which will decide whther the sun will shine on u or whether the clouds will obscure the sun. I dont blame religion. Religion has given this world so many things among others it has given people happiness and peacefullness. That can never be denied. But it is me who has chosen to live my life this way.
So all i gotta say to people religious or not, god fearing or not(the first two dont mean the same always!), atheist or not choose ur way well. Its the way we choose to live our life that decides the way life chooses to give us. Choose the right path of kindness, love and tolerance and you'l find the same waiting for u in ur life.
I wanna quote one of my favorite sayings (which i actually read from my Ethics book!!) Its taken from the New testament.
"Do unto others what you will have them do unto you"
In simple terms Help others like how how you want them to help you.
