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christopher-cudworth's picture
May.26.2010
As beginning birders, my younger brother and I were primarily opportunists. That is, we especially did not know how or when to find new species, the prize of our venture. Yet we became fairly successful, growing our life lists simply by getting out into the field often enough to bump into new types...
tarek-al-duaij's picture
May.26.2010
As a firm believer that every moment of our lives has the singular purpose of developing our souls towards greater freedom, peace.. Luck seems to have no place in that predetermined life of ours.. Whatever you do, whatever happens is for the best.. This truism of our evolutionary reality therefore...
jessica-barksdale-inclan's picture
May.26.2010
Many people want to believe in a kind of luck that is like magic.  It's the kind of luck that just happens.  It's about pulling a used book from a random box and finding a first edition Ulysses, signed by James Joyce.  It's the luck of digging in your garden and turning up a diamond ring, lost by a...
ellen-christian's picture
May.26.2010
I've heard people say before that so and so is just "lucky" because of the good fortune or opportunities that have come their way.  Are they "lucky" or is it something else entirely?  Personally, I like Thomas Jefferson's thoughts when he said "I'm a great believer in luck...
brian-mckee's picture
May.26.2010
Luck? There is no such thing as luck. What happens to us is 99.9% predestined. So is how we react to it. Unless of course we're aware of everything we do and everything that happens, then there is no predestination and no reaction. Then, we choose our destiny and manifest the sensual universe as we...
roger-kay's picture
May.26.2010
As we had done so many times before, Greg and I flew through the bracing air of our winding suburban roads, which still, in between the morning commute and mommy hours, resembled the countryside it had once been.  We had been riding together for years, since we both bought identical bikes from the...
wayne-j-street's picture
May.26.2010
If I had any luck at all its bad luck.   I swear, everytime I seem to take two steps forward something happens that knocks me back.  It all seems to cost me some money too.  I get some cash saved up, my TV breaks.  Or my washer goes out.   If its not one thing its another   I don't get it...