Tuesday, July 15, 2008
i think people who blame luck for all their bad experience arent pretty much made out to succeed.
that day after dinner with mel and her parents, i went to buy cha kway teow for my dad, and my bike broke down shortly after. Repair cost and everything adds up to $400 plus dollars. i had to walk all the way back home from the Xpressway since i cant hail a cab along the Xpressway (pretty near my home though =] )
just yesterday, one of my colleague was late for work and was vehemently explaning his engine died off on the way and the batt went flat exc...
he went on to blame his recent luck and claimed it will rub off unto us bla bla...
bad luck?
from my perspective, nope. vehicles break down is merely part and parcel of driving.
Many years back, i used to blame bad luck for many things too. But ive gone past that stage.
Cos it doesn't help.
I was reading on the recent Miss Universe Pageant. And once again, Miss USA , Crystle Stewart, fell on the stage when it was just down to the last final 10.
Interestingly, Ms Stewart is a motivational speaker. And as i have expected, she would not and did not mentioned anything about bad luck regarding the fall on the big stage...
in an interview after the event, she was still graceful enough to offer humour and philosophy regarding her fall while most would attribute it to bad luck;
"I think I'm going to have to take some walking classes,"
"My dress has beautiful beads on the bottom of it, and I stepped on my gown and they made me slip. It was like I was on Rollerblades. There was no conspiracy or anything. Nobody left marbles on the floor. It was just me."
Wise people will take it upon themselves 1st, take everything in their stride and think of how not to make it happen again, while silly people will merely blame it on bad luck and push it away.
That's the dif.
My mind's unweaving/ 10:34 AM
