Drop That Horseshoe: There’s No Such Thing as Bad Luck
“Depend on the rabbit’s foot if you will, but remember it didn’t work for
the rabbit.” - R. E. Shay
Have you broken a mirror in the past seven years? Any black cats
crossed your path lately? In nearly every culture, in every part of the
world, there are some things attributed to luck: the chance happening
of good or bad events, also known as fortune or fate. Luck is used as
the rationalization for any number of seemingly inexplicable
circumstances. A gambler winning game after game at a casino table
is said to be “riding a lucky streak” (though his winnings can likely be
attributed at least in part to skill); a homeless person is deemed “down
on his luck” (though there is almost certainly a concrete, albeit
unfortunate, circumstance behind his tragic state); an individual for
whom things always seem to go right is ascribed “the luck of the Irish”
(and just what, pray tell, is so lucky about Ireland?).
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Investing In You – The Power Of Positive Thinking
Those who subscribe to the luck theory and observe superstitions such
as avoiding the number 13 and tossing salt over the left shoulder when
it spills will insist that it works. For them, it does work; however, this is
merely a testament to the power of the mind to persuade us to see
what we wish to see. Luck works in much the same way as positive
thinking. If you believe you are “safe” because you avoid opening
umbrellas in the house and walking under ladders, then you will be
safe. On the other hand, if you break a mirror and convince yourself
that bad luck is destined to infect you, you will subconsciously
sabotage yourself and therefore attract bad luck- or at the least, chalk
up unfortunate events to the breaking of the mirror instead of
discovering what really happened so you can prevent a reoccurrence
of the problem. Seven years is a long time to wait for your luck to
change.
It’s your time – how will you spend it?
Instead of rubbing the bellies of pregnant women or hoping to find
heads-up pennies lying around, why not try positive thinking? You will
achieve the same results, and you won’t have to rely on discovering
four-leaf clovers or avoid stepping on sidewalk cracks. Using the power
of positive thinking is as simple as believing good things can and will
happen to you. You don’t have to memorize a complicated set of rules
or follow elaborate rituals to attract happiness and success. So toss
that lucky tee shirt from high school and tap in to positive thinking
today. Your bad luck sentence is officially discharged.
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