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Posted at: 10:00 pm Yet another day comes to a close, and I wonder how many of us believe that ours is a specific fate exacted by nothing less than pre-condition and planning. “What the hell are you talking about AEdifico?” …I can hear you asking. Well, let me get to it. Many of us think that it is the SAOTU who has exacted a plan and is executing it…even with each keystroke I make and with every symbol you interpret as a letter. Then there are some of us who believe that we are given choice…not a complete plan by HIM, but something more like the launching of a little paper boat into a stream…and we get to steer. Lastly, there’s the group of us who believe that, while the SAOTU is an all-encompassing force that regulates the universe, we get most of the choices, and we get to deal with the punishment/rewards later. There are many variations of this, and each of our personal religions addresses them nicely (perhaps some more nicely than others, but I will keep these personal judgements personal). The one thing that is not addressed in most Western Religions is luck. But why? Luck is a HUGE part of our culture…the vernacular oozes (yes, I actually used the word ‘oozes’) with reference to that ultimate of beneficial coincidence…that pure happy happenstance…that often optomistic outcome…luck. I also get confused when I look through Masonic ritual and see absolutely no reference to Luck. Nada. Zip. Zero. Nothing. It is as if Luck does not exist. Why? Before I close, let me explain to you why I am writing this. I just participated in the bathing of both of my daughters. I held the two-week-old while the three-year-old got in the shower with her mom. Then we switched kids. I sat there combing my older daughter’s hair and thought about how lucky I am. House. Cars. Food. Safety. Shelter. Cable and high-speed internet. What a life! I am lucky. No matter what my religion or my Craft say…there’s got to be some element of luck out there. A guy like me has no other explanation. |
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November 12, 2007
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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.
Comment by Steve Brettell — November 12, 2007 @ 11:02 pm
“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.
Comment by Shepdawg — November 13, 2007 @ 9:25 am