black c@s

Heyhey, almost there: the second friday the thirteenth this year is getting near. A good opportunity to test this theory.

Have you ever had the feeling that the world is out to get you? Or perhaps you consider yourself lucky for all the good things that happen to you? 

I’m just making a guess here, so please high and mighty spaghetti monster, don’t smite me for making the following statement:
Don’t rely too much on karma. Good things, bad things… they all happen to anybody. We’ve all had our share of lucky breaks or black cat antics. The only difference is how we view them.

If you focus long enough on the misfortune that tends to stalk you, then you might miss out on how fortunate you actually are. Just try to put things in perspective. Sometimes you might think that happiness only falls upon the people around you, but you have no idea what they have been through to get this far. And neither will anyone know how close you are to achieve your dreams.

I for my part consider myself lucky, even though I have faced my share of broken mirrors, I can’t complain. Good things seem to follow me around. Opportunities, lucky breaks… but there is a risk in thinking this way. 

By deeming yourself (un)lucky you tend to put more weight into things that happen outside your doing. This might result in you staring at the ceiling, just waiting for your next four leaf clover in order to get things going. Truth is (according to me), that you have more power over the things that happen.
For example I consider myself lucky for knowing so many wonderful people, they just happen to cross my path. But is every encounter I have nothing more than coincidence? Probably it’s because of the way I act, that allows some people linger (or others to run away screaming).
Usually those ‘lucky breaks’  happen because we say yes.
Of course, bad things happen too. Sometimes you really are at a the bad place at the worst time. That counts for anybody: the good, the bad, and the fluffy. We can't always navigate ourself out of trouble, but we do have something to say about the course we take after that. The power is yours.

Naturally if I’d get stuck by lightning on the day I win the lottery, just minutes before boarding my flight around the world, then I stand corrected. But until this happens: humor me and think about it.