What is luck? I havent been able to come up with a proper definition but there are a few things that, I think, are normally associated with something or someone being 'lucky'...
The first is the prior history of the case(!) in question. Consider an object, say a hanky, if it has brought 'luck', some 8 out of 10 times it was carried, then it becomes 'lucky'! This means, the probability of something being 'lucky' (or 'unlucky') is a measure of its frequency of its use..(lol!!!)That brings us to an interesting point. Does this imply that the more we use an object, there is a greater tendency to classify it as 'lucky' or 'unlucky'?! Not really, we do not associate 'good luck' or 'ill-luck' with ALL the things that we frequently use. One's only pair of slippers may be 'unclassified' whereas the colour of the shirt may be classified as bringing 'good or bad luck'! Thus, the basis for classification of objects cannot be quantified in simple terms...
So much for 'lucky' objects. As for people being considered 'lucky',they either get what they want (or what WE want) with little or no effort (according to US!). There also exists another basis for classification. The guy who went out for a walk and came back to find his office at WTC destroyed is 'lucky'. The man who was run over by a bus when he was on the pavement is definitely 'unlucky'..These indicate that certain situations and their effects on humans influence the classification..!
However difficult it may be to define 'luck' or being 'lucky', I believe luck(!) exists...How then can you explain how you passed when you hardly studied (lol!!!)or how miserably you failed after burning a good deal of midnight oil!!!Ok..you might say,you were smart in the first case and didnt put in quality effort in the second case...but then...in each case, it could have happened the other way...Why did it happen THAT way..?!!
Just 'luck'...pure 'luck'!!
This was begun with something in mind...that got lost midway...blame the proj and my laziness!! ;-) just luck!
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