Luck is a matter of favorable or unfavorable results in life. But is luck a superstitious force or a matter of balance in the universe? Do we make our own luck or does it come to us randomly if we happen to be in the right place at the right time? The world may never know.

I think the positivity we put into the world comes back to us, same for the negativity. While karma shouldn’t necessarily be a motivator for actions, good or bad, it’ something to keep in mind. I’ve always felt a little lucky in the sense that I do my best to not take good things in life for granted and make the best out of bad situations. Sometimes neat stuff will happen, like winning concert tickets on the radio or finding five dollars in my pocket. Still, I would never have had a chance to win the tickets if I hadn’t called in, or found the five dollars if I didn’t already have it to begin with.

However, there are bigger events in life that have made me believe in luck. For instance, one time I got caught in a traffic jam and was running late to see my favorite band in concert. I ended up having to park a few blocks away from the venue, but right as I turned off my car the entire band walked out of the restaurant in front of me. Call it fate, but what were the odds I would have shown up at that exact spot at that exact time? That was pretty lucky. However, luck does go both ways and I have experienced the other side of it as well.

Sometimes being unlucky is a type of miscommunication that becomes an inconvenience. If this is the case for some people’s misfortune, then it can easily be avoided by being extra careful. But that doesn’t always save us from our share of unfavorable situations. Once I was staying after school to volunteer for a club when a horrible storm appeared out of nowhere and my poor, defenseless truck suffered severe hail damage. Had I gone home when the bell rang, my truck would have been far away from the hailstorm and safe in my driveway.

I will continue believing that everything happens for a reason, it is just up to us as people how we get to certain milestones in life. We still have to accept that sometimes mistakes happen and we don’t always get our way because that’s just life. It’s important to appreciate the norms and comforts we have considering their unlucky counterparts.