Day 21

Day 21...

Lucky 21, eh? I'm not much of a believer in luck, chance, astrology, etc. I think you make your own way through life, even if God has predetermined the days you have until you are called Home.

Lots of people are big on astrology. I'm not quite sure of it, since it apparently has some flaws from what I see. Pretty sure I'm not the shy, quiet and practical Capricorn. Not a wallflower, not the one standing near the exit at a party waiting for it to end. Maybe a strange moon in mid-January 1962, since my identical birthday twin is comedian Jim Carrey, he breaks that stereotype as well.

Numerology? As much as I love numbers, I can't get into that either. Not even to spend a buck on a lottery ticket. I'll keep my dollar. I do know someone who won like two million bucks in the NH state lottery back in the 90's, but never try and win it for myself. I've got craptastic luck so I'll not waste my time or money.

Not much of a gambler either. Played a lot of poker in the 90's for Red Dog beer bottle caps, which was about all I could afford to lose. Many a fun night with Tim and Myron, eating gourmet snacks I'd make for the four of us and playing poker until dawn. Or Myron's now ex-wife would send the kids across the street to tell him to come home. I don't do the casinos, I've been to Vegas but didn't gamble there either.

I prefer having a plan. What's that engineer slogan: Proper Planning Prevents Piss Poor Performance? I'd go with that. Because even with the best of plans, things still go off the rails. Without one, I'd be doomed I say, doomed. Life still doesn't go according to my plan, but I find comfort in it. I have alternate plans B through R at least, for when they're needed. Those forks are much less painless when we give a little thought to the pain they'll cause, and try to minimize it.

It's often said that without bad luck, some of us would have no luck at all. I try and react to the bad luck as quickly as possible, make it go away quietly. I think that dealing with things right away and moving on to the next challenge lessens the blow.

From Illusions: You are never given a wish without being given the power to make it come true. You may have to work for it, however.

Pretty much wipes out the whole luck thing. Nothing is ever free in this life (or the next), so you have to earn everything you get. Which, to an advanced soul, also means that you have earned the bad things as well. It's all a test, remember? 


Lesson Twenty One: Do you believe that we make our own luck, or what will be, will be? Have you had something happen to you that cannot be explained except by dumb luck? Did you ever read your horoscope and find you could make the events of the day fit inside the words? Can you remember a time that things went bad and you took another path, just knowing things would be better eventually? Think about how your decisions and your reactions really affected the outcome more than you realized.

709 to go...