Pillowsophy No. 6 - Luck O Rama

Pillowsophy - thoughts that run as I lay my head and stare at the darkness of the ceilings trying to fall asleep.

Got an offline p.m from a long lost friend (or maybe she’s been invisible all this while) yesterday.

She said, “Any updates? Found any luck in life?”, and there was one more question I totally forgot. Anyway the word ‘luck’ and the question itself, go me to ponder a bit.

I really don’t have the answer, I really can’t answer it. Skipping the question, I just answered the other two. Tap! There goes a reply which will be an offline p.m to her too or maybe she’s was in invisible mode and reading it.

I used to believe that there is no luck factor in life. In fact, I think I still believe it now (but maybe not a 100%). I read somewhere that we make our own luck. Things happened or did not happen is because of our action or inactions. Failure or success has nothing to do with luck.

For that, I wrote, “Winners don’t need luck” and “Luck is for losers” in my diary. And I make it into my sort of a life philosophy. I believe that I gotta do things right in order to get the right outcome. I need to make sure the process is right to get the right result. And when things go wrong, I would try to find the part which I failed to do right. But sometimes I couldn’t get the answer. I resort to tell myself that it was fated. That God has a reason to why it happened. And that there will be other good things that will happen because of this.

Hey wait, I take back my words about not believing a 100% about the existence of luck. I mean come to think about it’s either I believe or don’t believe. There can’t even be a 1% of any sides to it. It’s like faith or trust, it’s gotta be a hundred percent. Ok, now I think or pretty sure that I still believe that I make my own luck (or whatever you call a result is).

Still, I can’t help myself to wish people good luck. Maybe it’s a norm. Just words of expression. Maybe I should change it into, “Wish you nail it!”, “Safe journey”, “Go for it dude!”...or something like it. It’s more specific and motivating don’t you think? Like Nike slogan, “Just Do It!” Wishing just “Good luck!” now seems kinda lazy and so-so.

Oh damn it! Luck does exist. It’s when you gamble. Yes, you can become better in gambling if you have techniques and strategies (seen it in movies), but luck comes down at the end. And when you believe in good luck, you should always believe in bad luck too. If you’re on a losing streak, better have an early exit. “Luck is for winning lotteries”, I should write that down in my diary.

We shouldn’t gamble with our life, relationship or future. The ‘lotteries’ in life must be won with great believe in our selves that we could excel in anything if we believe we can. Any failures or challenges should be considered a learning path and to know that there a no failure but only temporary defeats to prepare and equip us for success. 

Ok, I think I should answer her question on whether I have found any luck in life with this answer; “No, but I’m ‘working’ on it to make it happen.”