Comments on: It’s Just Bad Luck

By: Parul

Parul — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:23:09 +0000

Well, what I know is that my daughter will be a year old in 2012 !!

By: Good Vibe Coach

Good Vibe Coach — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 22:52:25 +0000

Jessica, THANK YOU for your post reiterating that our beliefs are nothing more than choices, and there is no one set of beliefs that’s going to best serve everyone!!

What an important (not to mention liberating) reminder at a perfect point in this post.

I appreciate the perspective that someone’s belief in good luck is very empowering. (I call myself lucky all the time, and guess what – that thought feels good! To ME, anyway. Even though I don’t really believe in luck other than the kind we manifest. lol Oh, I’m getting convoluted here.)

Anyway, Jessica, I think you and I have very similarly aligned perspectives on life. Thank you for sharing yours so eloquently here. I sincerely appreciate it!

(PS – Did I ever say that Jessica is my favorite name? It is.)

By: Jessica

Jessica — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 02:11:34 +0000

Here’s what I view: We can believe whatever we want and whatever FEELS good.

I’ve realized that a belief that makes me FEEL GOOD, can terrify someone else! We all have to use our own inner guidence system to know if a belief is assisting or hindering us.

Almost any topic can be debated, and so my belief is to believe in what we want to and what makes us feel feel empowered in some way.

Perhaps believing in good luck/bad luck empowers us to “roll with the punches” and move on; or perhaps not believing in it, empowers us to feel as though we have all the control in our lives. Either way, MY feeling is we should choose the belief that FEELS GOOD. In that way, we can at least enjoy this crazy world we live in!

For instance, most of the time I am all about 100% responsibility and accountability- my oops in life are my own, but so are my woohoos! Then every once in awhile when life gets to be a little too challenging, the available belief in helping angels or a god that “knows best for me” helps me through.

Oh, and one last thought before I sign off… all those events that we either search for meaning in or wonder how on earth we created- Maybe we are just creating OPPORTUNITIES. Opportunity to choose what belief in that moment will benefit us and those around us! An opportunity to strengthen our belief in LOA- it challenges us in so many ways. Maybe- I mean Definately- it is just what we ordered!

By: Tarielle

Tarielle — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:33:41 +0000

I don’t believe in good or bad luck.
I was hit by a huge mac truck a couple of years ago on the way to work. My car was pretty damaged but I was reasonably okay. It wasn’t my fault I got hit but I just thought of it as “an event”. Not good or bad luck that it happened.
I even got talking to the driver and ended up chatting about his new baby and yes, he showed me photos. I could have had a bad attitude about it but that wouldn’t have helped much at all. I was even given a lift to work by one of the witnesses to the accident and someone else arranged to have my car towed.
I got my car fixed and a new spray job that covered up all the existing scratches and stone chips that were there before.
I got to appreciate myself and those around me a bit more because I wasn’t seriously hurt and I easily could have been killed that day.
I think sometimes things just happen and maybe there doesn’t always have to be a reason. What is interesting is how we react to these events.
I choose to love, live and forgive.

By: Good Vibe Coach

Good Vibe Coach — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 23:47:14 +0000

Okay, anyone who was hit by a huge mac truck and says they don't believe in good or bad luck is speaking with authority. And credibility.

I like it.

And you're right, Tarielle, our habit of making up meanings about things is ... well, insidious, isn't it?

Love, live and forgive. What a nice motto to live life by!

Thanks for posting, my friend. Your words and perspective are much appreciated!

By: Good Vibe Coach

Good Vibe Coach — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 02:41:32 +0000

You’re making me laugh, John – yes, remembering it’s all a bunch of clouds is an easy way to keep the enjoyment of it all going.

By: Peregrine John

Peregrine John — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 20:43:09 +0000

I’m with Abraham and Robert on this one: 2013 will be a time of embarrassment and laughter, just as 2001 was, and we each get to choose which one we prefer to be part of. I think I’ve mentioned my friend and her unfortunately-defunct site “Almageddon: It’s The End Of The World As We Know It (Again)” before, so I’ll leave it at that.

In other news, nothing may mean anything, but there are 2 ways to look at that phrase: I know that the clouds are just clouds, but I still like to watch them form into dragons.

By: Kate Loving Shenk

Kate Loving Shenk — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 20:05:02 +0000

Hi Anna–Yes have read (and reread) them all!!!

LOLOL!!

Love to all,

Kate

By: Anna

Anna — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 19:04:43 +0000

Kate, I think you and I have much thinking in common! Have you read S.M.’s earlier books, ie. Out on a Limb? If you haven’t, I’m certain you’re going to enjoy!

Shine On ALL!

By: Good Vibe Coach

Good Vibe Coach — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 18:34:42 +0000

My favorite words here, Kate: “Don’t let anyone tell you how it’s gonna be”!!!!!

Amen to that!

Thanks for posting here – and for your cool pray rain journal article I found on facebook! Too cool!