When luck walked out!

Lots of people believe that luck has a huge role to play in life. They use this term “luck” interchangeably with “destiny” or “kismat” and often say “Yeh toh likha tha kismat main, yeh toh hona hi tha!”. And this they usually say when something goes wrong, something that was not in their ‘plan’ of life. Being Indians, we believe a great deal in God. To an extent that almost all differences and clashes in society are due to religious reasons.

If we believe in God so much, why is it that we only remember Him and His powers in times of need, in times of weakness? When we win a gold medal in a state level sports tournament or are promoted at work, then it was our hard work and dedication that worked. But when, we are stuck with a flat tyre on the way to an important meeting or the maid burns our brand new shirt, we curse God, question his actions. We ask “Why me?”. Why is it that till everything is going well, we are riding high, it works fine. But as soon as things stop falling into place, we say “luck just walked out.”

Luck might be a part of life - Of the turns life takes. But what is more important is what we DO. Our deeds. Our actions. All we have to do is ‘do good’. And it’ll all work out fine. God is watching our each move. He is following our every thought. He knows the ‘plan’ of our lives. He knows when we need ‘luck’ and when just plain hard work to achieve what we want. Either way, through good and bad experiences, right and wrong choices; this is the ‘plan’ of our life. Even if we stray, we will eventually come back on track. This is what we were sent here to do. And it is our ‘luck’ that we are still here, doing it.