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RE: Of Four Leaf Clovers, Symbols of Superstition and Making Our Own Luck
I don't know about MAKING our own luck, but we sure can influence it by being in the right place at the right time. I also believe that there is some outside force that creates the circumstances that we call luck. Just today, I was at a BBQ held by our Member Of Parliament. I thought I would go speak with her, but just before I got close, others began speaking to her and I waited patiently behind them. Then someone else came along and I greeted them and we began talking. This person had experience in an area my son is heading, so I was quite interested in making this connection for my son's benefit. I never did get to speak to the M. of P., but I did get contact information for my son, which I think was more important! How's that for luck?
What you're describing there (with the MP and your son) lends credence to the idea that "everything is unfolding exactly as it is supposed so," as a lot of "New-Agey" people like to say.
And yet, I can't fully dismiss that sort of thing as wishful thinking, because incidents like you describe abound, and people DO end up being exactly where they needed to be... even if it perhaps didn't seem so, at the time.
Yes, it really is impossible to be sure if it was 'meant to be' or just plain co-incidence and 'luck'. I think each individual needs to decide on their own what it is they wish to believe. It seems most of the human populations needs something to believe in, hence so many have one type of religion or another.
Having said that, whether or not it is the placebo effect, there seems to be some validity in making things happen by believing in it. If one does not believe they will succeed in any given project, they may ultimately find some excuse to sabotage the project because they don't believe they could achieve the goal and therefor fulfill the prophesy. However, if they DO believe in it, that is the motivation to do things to 'make' it happen.