http://masonicminute.com/blog/2007/11/12/on-luck/ Masonic Thinking and Working Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:57:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.2.1 http://masonicminute.com/blog/2007/11/12/on-luck/#comment-4035 Shepdawg Tue, 13 Nov 2007 14:25:02 +0000 http://masonicminute.com/blog/2007/11/12/on-luck/#comment-4035 “Luck”, my Brother, is a way of explaining the logical conclusion of millions of tiny, momentary decisions that we all make for ourselves at every moment of our lives. Each big or small decision affects the future’s outcome. You are truly “lucky” in the fact that you have made the right choices the majority of the time during your life up to this point to have gotten to where you are today, personally, professionally and Masonicly. You have either developed or have been given intellectual self-awareness and free-will. I believe that “luck” is derived from basic common sense. If something feels right for you, it most likely is and you should act upon that feeling. But if it does not feel right for you, you should not act upon it (creating good luck). However, if you do not heed that bad feeling and go ahead and then do it anyway, and when something inevitably goes wrong you declare,“Damn the bad luck!” It’s common sense… As long as we all live and act by the level, plumb and square with our fellow man, the GAOTU, and most especially ourselves, we then create our own good “luck”. But we also are all “lucky” in the fact that we live in a society that has given us the right to pursue that “luck”. But, my Brother, even though I believe we create our own “luck”, there is an even higher status that you are describing, you are infinitely more than just “lucky”, you have been truly Blessed…and I know of no other who truly deserves it. “Luck”, my Brother, is a way of explaining the logical conclusion of millions of tiny, momentary decisions that we all make for ourselves at every moment of our lives. Each big or small decision affects the future’s outcome. You are truly “lucky” in the fact that you have made the right choices the majority of the time during your life up to this point to have gotten to where you are today, personally, professionally and Masonicly. You have either developed or have been given intellectual self-awareness and free-will. I believe that “luck” is derived from basic common sense. If something feels right for you, it most likely is and you should act upon that feeling. But if it does not feel right for you, you should not act upon it (creating good luck). However, if you do not heed that bad feeling and go ahead and then do it anyway, and when something inevitably goes wrong you declare,“Damn the bad luck!” It’s common sense… As long as we all live and act by the level, plumb and square with our fellow man, the GAOTU, and most especially ourselves, we then create our own good “luck”. But we also are all “lucky” in the fact that we live in a society that has given us the right to pursue that “luck”. But, my Brother, even though I believe we create our own “luck”, there is an even higher status that you are describing, you are infinitely more than just “lucky”, you have been truly Blessed…and I know of no other who truly deserves it.

]]> http://masonicminute.com/blog/2007/11/12/on-luck/#comment-3993 Steve Brettell Tue, 13 Nov 2007 04:02:30 +0000 http://masonicminute.com/blog/2007/11/12/on-luck/#comment-3993 Oh yeah, it is so lucky, when we consider how very fragile it all is. So many Masonic Icons remind us of this fragility. Don't take any of it for granted. Revel in it; be thankful for it, and don't hesitate to express your joy to all those who contribute to your happiness. Anger can last forever. Love is an active verb. Oh yeah, it is so lucky, when we consider how very fragile it all is. So many Masonic Icons remind us of this fragility.
Don’t take any of it for granted. Revel in it; be thankful for it, and don’t hesitate to express your joy to all those who contribute to your happiness. Anger can last forever. Love is an active verb.

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