Create Your Own Blessed Luck!
I did, and so can you
“You’re so lucky.” A friend commented on a recent Facebook post I wrote.
As I read his comment, I immediately felt a little bit defensive. Lucky? Didn’t he realize all I’ve had to do and sacrifice to move to France? My thoughts turned negative.
I suppose from his viewpoint the life I’m now living here does seem like it happened overnight, by chance. But the truth is I am making my own luck.
A lot of times, we look at someone’s accomplishments and don’t realize what that person did to get there. We don’t think about all the sacrifices they made or the painful inner work they undertook to face their fears and go beyond them or all the hours of disciplined, hard work it took to achieve and experience their successes.
I have to admit I have been fortunate, I have had advantages that others haven’t had. But others have had advantages that I haven’t. I was fortunate to be born to my parents who helped mold me and set me up to be who I am today. But they are dead and gone now. They have been for close to a decade. Am I lucky in this respect?
No, I wouldn’t say so; however, the fortunate part was while I grieved their loss, I also did work on myself, spiritually, emotionally, and physically. This work put me in a position to see how being an orphan without sick and aging parents to care for could allow me to spread my wings, explore new worlds, and entertain the possibility of moving to France. Had I not done the difficult inner work I would still be stuck in a life that didn’t make me happy, angry at the world because my parents had died.
But the work that goes on behind the scenes is not what most people see. They see the results of the effort, but not the effort itself. Some people see things going my way and call it luck when the truth is by deciding to make changes in my life and doing the work to make them a reality, I created my own luck.
I did. And so can you!
I’ve interviewed several people for my podcast who shared the idea that they are “ordinary people.” They said that there is nothing special about them and that anyone could do what they have done.
I understand their remarks more comprehensively now. They are ordinary people with problems and challenges just as others face. The difference between those who have worked to achieve and those who see others’ accomplishments and attribute them to good fortune is that the “lucky ones” decided on their goal, they made sacrifices, and they did the work to reach their dreams.
James Allen wrote:
“Seeing a man grow rich, they say, “How lucky he is!” Observing another become intellectual they exclaim, “How highly favored he is!” And noting the saintly character and wide influence of another, they remark, “How chance aids him at every turn!” They don’t see the trials and failures and the struggles which these men have voluntarily encountered in order to gain their experience; have no knowledge of the sacrifices they have made, of the undaunted efforts they have put forth, of the faith they have exercised, that they might overcome the apparently insurmountable, and realize the vision of their heart. They do not know the darkness and the heart aches; they only see the light and the Joy, and they call it “luck”; do not see the longing arduous journey, but only behold the pleasant goal, and call it “good fortune”; do not understand the process, but only perceive the result, and call it “chance”.”
What is your heart’s desire? How badly do you want it?
Are you willing to know the darkness and heartaches? Will you take steps to learn and follow the process? Do you have the courage to take the longing arduous journey?
If you are and if you do, then you, too, can create your own good fortune. You, too, can create your own luck!
