Make your own Luck

There’s an awesome story I came across in Andrew Matthews’ book ‘Follow your Heart’. There once lived a farmer. He had a son and a horse. One day the horse ran away and the neighbors came to the farmer to console him “What bad luck that your horse has run away!”

The farmer said “Who knows whether it’s good luck or bad luck?” “Of course it’s bad luck!” said the neighbors.

A few days later, the farmer’s horse came back – with twenty more wild horses! The neighbors came to celebrate this time. “What good luck”, said they, “that your horse has come back with another twenty!” “Who knows whether it’s good luck or bad luck?” replied the farmer.

And some of the neighbors, by now angry, said “Of course, it’s good luck, you silly old fool!” One day, while the farmer’s son was riding one of the wild horses, he fell down and broke his leg. The neighbors felt sorry for him and told the farmer “What bad luck!” And the farmer said “Who knows whether it’s good luck or bad luck?”

A couple of weeks later, the army came into their town and enlisted all the young men for a war in a distant land. All, except the farmer’s son thanks to his broken leg! The neighbours said “What good luck you have…” The farmer replied “Who knows!” We can spend the rest of our lives trying to debate whether we’ve had good luck or bad luck, when most of the time we have no clue what’s really in store for us!

Is there a need to label every unusual thing that happens in our lives as good luck or bad luck? Why not tell ourselves “My life is a series of events, happening in perfect order.” And better still, if you were to apply the law of attraction, you would say “Everything that happens in my life, everything, I ATTRACT into it. I create my life, as I go along. This luck thing is just an illusion.” I know this can be all very confusing.

There are people who are staunch believers in the luck factor. And there are those who aren’t. It really doesn’t matter what the world thinks. What matters is what you think! I used to wonder “How come some people are always very lucky?” HOW, is it possible? After years of thinking, I finally concluded. They make their own luck. And so can you. If you think you can!