Do you believe in luck?

@scheng1 (24650)
Singapore
April 26, 2009 2:54am CST
We always hear "wish you good luck". When we were in schools, our teachers would tell us to study hard. They would teach us how to tackle examination questions. But, they always said "wish you good luck". Do you believe in luck? Do you think that besides studying harder and working harder, luck also plays a part in our lives? Sometimes those fortune tellers are good in foretelling all the bad things. But good things never come true. Do you believe in good luck or bad luck? Do you believe that some people are luckier than others?
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@udayafca (11)
• India
27 Apr 09
hi this is udaya from india u know how ever we utilize time effective it will be comes success without luck and others
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@scheng1 (24650)
• Singapore
30 Apr 09
Hi udayafca, can you clarify your comment? I do not know where to put the commas to read your comment correctly. Sorry to misread your comment.
@junojose (43)
• India
27 Apr 09
I dont give my ears to the sayings of fortune tellers.I dont believe in luck either.But i have gone through situtions which made me feel that,luck has a role in our lives.It may be in the case of your studies,love or even your wish.
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@scheng1 (24650)
• Singapore
30 Apr 09
Hi Junojose, most people do not go to fortune tellers when everything is smooth in their lives. Some are very desperate for answers, that is why they go to the fortune tellers. Most who go there want to know how long their loved ones can live (supposing the loved ones suffer from terminal disease). Some are not able to get a job for months and they are desperate, they go to the fortunte tellers soon. Maybe we should learn the skill of telling fortune, so that we can make good money in a recession.
@flagella08 (5065)
• Philippines
27 Apr 09
many people believe to lots of things that bestow luck. well, fortunately im not one of them.i believe that happens to you is the result of your actions. a wrong doing always end up with the same and if another result comes up that is very opposite to one's expectations, then that means destiny. it is destined for you really and not luck.
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@ada547612 (203)
• China
27 Apr 09
I believe that luck, but I believe that only people ready to face good luck. What is luck, in fact, it is very difficult conclusion. I do not believe in fortune-telling, I think that the fate of their own creation. Decide the fate of the character, what kind of personality you have, you kind of destiny. Can also create his own luck.
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@scheng1 (24650)
• Singapore
30 Apr 09
Hi Ada, I like the way you say that "people ready to face good luck". It is true that luck doesn't mean that there is just good luck, most of the times people suffer from bad luck. When they are having good luck, they normally do not think of going to the fortune teller. Once they have bad luck, especially continuous bad luck, they are desperate and more likely to go to fortunte teller. That is why fortunte tellers face people who have all kinds of problems. When the whole economy is in recession and companies are closing down, many people are desperate, and this is the time when the worst can happen. For example, losing job, then facing divorce and diagnose with cancer. Hopefully this kind of bad luck doesn't happen!
• Indonesia
27 Apr 09
i think is right, but don't over to believe for luck, we must work harder and don't forget to pray to god, and after that you must be patient for all you do,
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@scheng1 (24650)
• Singapore
30 Apr 09
Hi Tanajahdeh, you are right to say that we cannot over rely on luck. A student who do not study cannot just rely on luck to pass. Even if all the easy questions appear in the examinatin, he or she will not pass. On the other hand, a hardworking student still have to pray for good luck even though he or she has worked very hard. It is very unfortunately to suffer from flu on the day of the national examination.
@tzaddi (395)
• Philippines
27 Apr 09
i believe in luck but i do not rely on luck, my friend. you know good luck is there to help us but of course, if you want to have a successful life, you have to do it by yourself and that's when luck comes in..ü and i think that luck plays a part on our lives because, luck act as our motivators..ü just my opinion..ü
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@scheng1 (24650)
• Singapore
30 Apr 09
Hi Tzaddi, you are right that we cannot rely on good luck. Good luck or bad luck is so unpredictable. And we cannot do anything to improve the good luck and make bad luck disppear. The only thing that we can do is to make full use of opportunities given to us when we have good luck, and to bear with the bad luck. In this recession, anyone who can still hold a full time job and get increment and good bonus is having a stroke of good luck. Hope they appreciate the job and work harder for their bosses.
• United States
17 May 09
I believe in luck and fate and miracles and being cursed. you can study everything your teacher taught , but it is luck when you take the test and the easiest item is on the test. it is your fate that when you go to the supermarket and you get the last loaf of bread. It is a miracle when a typical field goal that should be good goes left and is no good.A person can be cursed with bad timing. Everytime they try to do something, they are too late.
• United States
18 May 09
You mean it isn't all my fault I don't understand geometry? That's good to know.I love your comment.We in the west believe that we can do anything alone, without other's help. Some even think there is more rewards for doing it alone.To think that to have it work yu must work hard And that you need the people around yu not only feel the same but work just as hard is a weird concept.anyway, if you are still a student, I wish you all the luck of all three.
@scheng1 (24650)
• Singapore
18 May 09
Hi Sarahruthbeth, your concept reminds me of the 3 lucks concepts of the Chinese. There are Heaven Luck, Earth Luck and Human Luck. Human Luck means our effort and hard work. To us, Chinese, we believe that hard work is a must. However, success depends on Heaven Luck and Earth Luck. If the heaven does not bless our effort, there will be no success. If the people around us do not help us, there will be no success either. So yes, good timing (Heaven Luck) and people around us (Earth Luck) has an impact on our life. Even for a student, he can't control the kind of teacher assigned to teach him. No matter how hardworking he is, without a good teacher, it is very hard to understand the concept and pass the examination.
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• India
28 Apr 09
luck by chaance.................
• India
4 May 09
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@scheng1 (24650)
• Singapore
1 May 09
Hi Rakeshlalwani, of course luck is by chance. There is no way to calculate luck using mathematics formula. Just a bit of advice, you may like to make longer posting to make more money. Mylot rewards people to post longer comment. Posting a lot of one or two sentences do not earn as much as a few very long comment. You can do experiments on this, post a lot of small short comment one day, and post a few very long commment another day, you will see the difference.
@cortney09 (1345)
• United States
28 Apr 09
I don't believe in luck. I think that everything happens for a reason and that luck has nothing to do with it. I don't fault people who do though cause everyone has their own beliefs. I think god does stuff for a reason and that it's hi swill not luck that comes into play.
@cortney09 (1345)
• United States
3 May 09
That is so true.
@sweetyethot (1737)
• China
28 Apr 09
I remember a movie about 'luck'.A girl with good luck met a boy with bad luck.They kissed at a party.Then the boy had all the good luck which was possessed by the girl,whilst the girl had only bad luck since.The girl tried hard to find the person who stole her good luck.When she found out the boy was exactly the person who had her 'good luck',she decided to leave cuz she was already in love with him.At the end of the movie,they both kissed the boy's little niece thus gave up their 'good luck'.lol I guess you will love this movie.Yes,I believe that some people are usually luckier than others.But I cant tell whether Im a lucky girl or not.
• China
1 May 09
That makes sense.lol We all know that when shared happiness increases ,but sadness lessens . Good luck.
@scheng1 (24650)
• Singapore
1 May 09
Hi Sweety, you are very sweet to mention such a movie. I think the Director is very smart to make this kind of movie. When I have very good luck, I will not want to give away my luck to any person. I prefer to have all the good luck and share the results with my family members and friends. Somehow, my friends and relatives think that if you are lucky to win anything, it is better to share, or else the good luck will run out.
@Kenzierou (108)
• Indonesia
28 Apr 09
I think there's no such thing called luck. Luck is just a black sheep for people whom experienced the unexpected result, usually bad result. And to me, luck sounds very superstitous and I don't believe in superstitous things. There's only chance, either you see it or not. If we looked back and see things from different point of view, what we've done that differs from other whom we thought luckier then us, we'll be able to understand that it's not luck things that makes them better than us. This is called karma which means actions(mental, verbal, and physical). Everything that happened in our lives are results of our previous actions. Let's take your story of your student as example, she didn't get the usual mark on the exam (this is result), because she got measles and was unable to study as usual (this is cause or action).
@rakesh284 (1472)
• India
27 Apr 09
Yes I believe in it and it has very much influence on our life. We may study well but it is not possible to study all the answers perfectly and if our luck is with us then there will be only those questions in the examination which we have studies. On the other hand now people are also telling "Best of luck", because I think it means that not only good luck but best of the luck and nothing is better than this but it is just a wish. It depends on our hard work also, if we are trying too hard than only luck can come our way but there are even some other exceptions.
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@ruilong (158)
• China
26 Apr 09
Hi,scheng1.Sometimes I may think luck is real.Maybe there are some luckier.But I still will try my best.
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@scheng1 (24650)
• Singapore
26 Apr 09
Yes, I think so too. Even top student can come down with flu on the day of examination and fail to get high marks. And national examination occurs only once a year. Very unlucky to get sick on the most important day. Hopefully everyone is lucky when important things are concerned.
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@John4Christ (1597)
• India
26 Apr 09
Luck does play a very important role in our lives....although not all may agree.....say for eg: you tires go flat and you look around and you find a garage right next to where your tires went flat......that's what i call luck....luck may have its own set of definitions, but i believe when i get things at the right time at the right place......i believe i am lucky....although we may not always be lucky...it depends from person to person.....
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@scheng1 (24650)
• Singapore
26 Apr 09
It is true. Sometimes people are so lucky. The worst place to get a flat tire is in the middle of nowhere. And worst still, to have no spare tire in your boot. Hopefully we can all meet the right person at the right time at the right place, and not always in the wrong time at the wrong place. Hopefully you are lucky throughout your life. To be very frank, people like to befriend lucky person than unlucky ones.
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@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
27 Apr 09
HI, I DO BELIEVE IN LUCK, GOOD & BAD. I THINK IT HAPPENSS TO EVERYONE. I DO THINK SOME PEOPLE ARE LUCKIER THAN OTHERS. I GUESS IT'S JUST BEING IN THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME. I HAVE HAD BOTH LIKE THE GOOD ALOT BETTER THAN THE BAD.
@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
30 Apr 09
you are so right. seems like when we do get it we don't need it as bad as we did earlier. guess we just have to count our blessings as we get them. hope u are having a good , lucky day today.
@scheng1 (24650)
• Singapore
30 Apr 09
Hi Antiquelady, obviously we love good luck more than bad luck. The only thing is that luck is very elusive, when you are down and like to experience good luck, it never happens. Those who are having extremely good luck seems to have one good thing after another happens to them. When good luck comes, guess we have to make good use of it and remember the less fortunate ones.
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@savypat (20216)
• United States
27 Apr 09
I don't believe in luck. I do believe in the law of attraction. What you mind focuses on you attract. If you worry and worry about not having enough money, your mind will say she likes to worry about not having enough so the mind fixes is so that this is reality in your life. You will sabotage every effort you put forward to get enough money and will always be short. On the other hand if you live like you have enough money, it will be there, the mind is saying this is comfortable so let's continue to live this way.
@savypat (20216)
• United States
30 Apr 09
We all have a limited time none of us will live forever. When ever a large group of people die we start to wonder who is in charge. I think that each of us is here to grow and once that growth is done, we are out of here. If we are caught in a large group who die, then maybe that is the lesson we were here to learn. This doesn't mean I am not as sorry as anybody else when this happens. It's just that I remember there are a great many questions we don't have answers for.
@scheng1 (24650)
• Singapore
30 Apr 09
Hi Savypat, you bring out a very good point about the law of atraction. It does change the way we think and the results. However, the law of attraction does not answer a lot of questions, like the 9/11 incident, many who never made it obviously wanted to live very much. Many of them simply had no time to know what happened. It is at time like this that people use the concept of luck to explain why some live and some do not. On personal level, law of attraction does bring good results, even though sometimes the good results come later, and not exactly what we wish for.
• Philippines
26 Apr 09
Hi there. Well, yes, I do believe in luck and that it, somehow, plays a part in what's happening with our lives. I actually remember my friend quoting some singer (I just forgot who exactly she was quoting) saying that being successful in one's career not only involves doing one's best - luck and the people around you also play important parts in it. I have to agree with that quote since I've experienced this situation first hand. However, I also believe that, ultimately, whether we were born with good luck or otherwise, how a person reacts to the circumstances and his/her determination could definitely change one's luck, so to speak.
• Philippines
27 Apr 09
Wow! That is indeed lucky and, if you're religious, some sort of miracle.
@scheng1 (24650)
• Singapore
26 Apr 09
Hi Nekonyanta, speaking from personal experience, I do believe in luck. When I was very young, I ran across the road and got knock down by a pick up. I was very lucky, no broken bones, even though bruises throughout, and my knees hurt for a week, the pick up ran through my legs. I was incredibly lucky, not even warded in the hospital, even though it was very painful and I cried for days. The only good thing was that I got to miss the dreadful lessons in school. With good luck and a lot of hard work, anyone can be successful in anything he or she wanted.
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@nzalheart (2338)
• India
26 Apr 09
Hello Scheng1!!! I can't say that I believe in luck totally. But still I look at the horoscopes for the luck. In a local newspaper here, horoscope is printed along with the stars in which the five stars denotes the best day and two stars the worst and others in between these. On the examination day too, I look at the horoscopes before going to take the examination. And mostly it happened that when my zodiac sign had five stars then the question was mostly easier and I do good in it. Mostly even if I had not been able to read all the chapters, the question would be from the chapters I had read. And sometimes, when there is only three star or two stars for my zodiac sign, then mostly my exam goes bad, even if I had prepared myself to the greater extinct. So I have to say mostly these thing became correct and also there are few times the predictions on my zodiac sign failed. And with this experience that it had come true many times. I have to say, I believe in luck to greater extent than not believing. I believe equally for both good luck and bad luck.... Nice post Scheng1....Keep posting...
@nzalheart (2338)
• India
28 Apr 09
I hope the zodiac sign of the boy supported him to be protected lol...Yes that is really amazing. 8 year, old kid, being knocked by the car and still nothing happen to him, that's really amazing. I have to say that boy is really very very lucky. And again about horoscope hehe...Today I had the four stars on my zodiac sign. I was little worried before attempting the exam. But yeah, I did it. My exam went superb, not less than a day with five star. After all four star also means a good day... I wish you too have a day with five stars...Have a nice time. Enjoy! and keep posting...
@scheng1 (24650)
• Singapore
27 Apr 09
haha Nzalheart, you really funny, I have never thought of looking at the zodiac sign before a major examination. Good luck on your coming examination! Sometimes even without looking at the zodiac sign, we will know we are lucky or not lucky. Once, I spoken to a young person, he was about 14 years old then. Actually he was my friend's son, we went to a nature park for hiking that day. He told me that he had a road accident a few years ago, he ran across the road, the car was speeding, hit him, he somersault and landed on the grass. No broken bones, not even a bruise. Nothing happened to him at all. The driver was shocked. His mother witnessed the accident and too shocked to even cry. I clarified with my friend. I thought the boy was making up a story. My friend said that was when the boy was 8 years old. He was really lucky. If he was knocked down, instead of flying into the air, he would not live. I guess this kind of luck comes only once. Hope that you are lucky in whatever you do. Get a good teacher in school, got a good boss, got a good family.
@krajibg (11923)
• Guwahati, India
26 Apr 09
No, I do not believe in luck but believe in KARMA, that is work. For me 'work is worship'. Those believe in luck weak and incapable of any hard work. But that should not be the case. Luck favors him who works hard or else all is a makeshift story.
@krajibg (11923)
• Guwahati, India
26 Apr 09
No friend Karma gas no direct link with luck.
@scheng1 (24650)
• Singapore
26 Apr 09
Hi Krajibg, karma does bring good luck. Good karma will always attract good luck. In this case, luck comes to the person who does good deeds, even though he or she does not pray for good luck, he or she will always be lucky in life. And of course, we have to work hard. All the good luck in the world is useless if we do not work for it. Sometimes we heard stories of how people had some kind of bad feelings before a trip, and they refused to board the train or bus or plane, that is part of the good luck that probably karma brings to them.
• Indonesia
27 Apr 09
I do believe in luck. Luck is combination from hardwork and determination. Everybody has its own luck, that means my luck and yours is different. It's written in our destiny, we have to work hard to achieve that.
@scheng1 (24650)
• Singapore
27 Apr 09
Hi Sarijeruk, agree with your point that everyone has its own luck. Most people do not appreciate or make good use of their good luck when they have it. Some people who are lucky enough to meet a soul mate and enjoy a happy family do not appreciate their good luck. Some of them complain that they are not as rich as so-and-so. It's a pity!
• Indonesia
28 Apr 09
yes, sometimes we forget that we are all lucky people. Being on earth is one of the luckiest thing we have :)