Lucky vs. Unlucky

There are two groups which people tend to think everyone falls into, lucky and unlucky. The grouping usually applies to a person’s life as a whole but can also be broken down to areas of life; relationships, career, finances, health etc. I have been thinking a lot about which group I think I would fall into and what areas of my life are unlucky or lucky. I want to dig a little deeper and see if this grouping really applies to us.

I tried to determine what the differences are between unlucky and lucky people. One thing I discovered is that for the most part we can only identify unlucky people because they tell us that they are unlucky or our own perception of their life situation makes us label them as unlucky. We have all come across people who feel everyone is lucky around them and they are the only unlucky ones. Actually I have been one of those individuals many times. "Why me". Why can't I win the Lottery or get that great job or find that someone special and the list goes on. Whenever we tend to struggle, thinking about luck becomes one of our main outlets. Then there are those who have health limitations or other challenges that make us think of them as being unlucky. This is simply our perception of them. But for the people who use the "why me" it is clear that they are unlucky and are communicating it to the rest of the world.
Lucky people on the other hand really don't go around saying they are lucky. It is our perception that they are lucky because of what happens to them. Whether its getting the right job, finding the special person or winning the lottery we will label them as lucky. They may claim to be lucky to win the lottery or to find the right job or finding that special person but they never claim to be lucky on the whole. From what I have noticed, lucky people never attribute their luck to themselves, there is no "its me". Unlucky people state "why me" and lucky people state "I was lucky in this situation". And that to me is the key. Unknowingly lucky people have detached themselves from luck, and only look at it from a situation or circumstance point of view.

From this I conclude that luck is outside of us and can be controlled knowingly or unknowingly to act in our favour or against us. Think about it. Based on that we have to stop thinking about ourselves as being lucky or unlucky but start thinking about what we can do in each situation to have luck impact the outcome in our favour. So Lucky vs. unlucky doesn't really exist only luck which is all around us in every situation. Don't ever try to change your luck but try to change your actions and or thinking to get luck to change the outcome.

Next blog I want to talk about specific situations and what people have done to have luck work for them. I have posted a random number generator so for those looking at picking some winning numbers please use it. Comments are appreciated. Take care and may luck be in your control.