Sublime

I once had a fortune cookie that read A WISE MAN MAKES HIS OWN LUCK. Perhaps the single best thing we can do to make our own luck in our twenties is say yes to our weak ties or give them a reason to say yes to us.

“When you say you need luck, what you’re saying is you don’t think you control your destiny. You’re making yourself a victim of circumstances. You’re saying you don’t think you’re good enough.

Our fate is decided unless you are made aware of a better path and choose to create, play, and win your own game.

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Yet what happened was shown to be to a large extent in the hands of what the Greeks called ‘fate’ or ‘the gods’. It was the Greeks’ poetic way of saying that things often work out randomly, according to dynamics that simply don’t reflect the merits of the individuals concerned. The great Greek tragedians – Aeschylus, Euripides and Sophocles –

Luck (noun): Events that influence your life but are not of your making.

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