LUCK Fortune favors the brave. It s just my bad luck. Luck, fate, decided it all. The problem is, by blaming chance for results that weren t what we expected or wanted, we unwisely avoid taking responsibility for our actions.
Luck becomes a convenient way to justify failure and explain away mistake.
In the extreme, if luck is seen as an uncontrollable force completely determining what happens, then what we do personally is of little consequence. We might as well be lazy, irresponsible, unmotivated, undisciplined. Good luck will see us through. Hopefully, few of us live believing we have no control over our lives. To a large extent, we can determine what happens to us.