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Wonderfully profound!
"on a stubborn resolution to be happy which has been so vast a resource to some of us in fortifying our embattled spirits."
I have no doubt in my mind where my trials came from; not particular accidents of misfortune but other lessons in life; both parents were more miserable than ever joyous a majority of the time. Continued battles of pride infused our household. The balance was also present in, instilling morals, integrity and fortitude. We did not learn joy but learned gratitude. We did not learn self love but learned respect for others. There is always a give and take but I am amazed looking back at how much effort both parents made considering their own upbringings. They had very little council to enter into parenthood, but did amazingly well because although both strong willed and prideful, where one was weaker, the other held strength. I feel blessed to have had the parents I had, and will always.
I don't know about luck; but back to the point in the first place (sorry). I didn't often consider decisions logically but made decisions based more upon my heart's directions. I know all the trials brought me where I am today and I am pleased with who I am; this being said...thick skinned but maybe also thick headed because I am still more comfortable following my heart and still have a problem considering anything from a logic standpoint. 
posted by
roadscross
on October 24, 2007 at 7:31 PM
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Re: we make our own luck...
100% agreed with you superflymom, we make our own luck and our action determines our luck
posted by
katzs
on October 18, 2007 at 6:28 PM
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Re: Comment on IT's LUCK !
Some people are like that Joab1, They do not see it that way unfortunately.
posted by
katzs
on October 18, 2007 at 6:26 PM
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we make our own luck...
the rest is what I consider our lot in life, set for us before we ever get here. If you don't make the best of the lot you are given, you live a miserable existence. I know first hand about misfortune and the consequences of bad befalling a person. Where I am today is completely determined by the way I responded to sudden traumatic events in my life, that is not luck, that is life and the living of it...
posted by
superflymom119
on October 18, 2007 at 3:27 PM
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Some, I now feel, carry their "misfortunes" in a plastic bag, hung around their neck. Just my opinion. joab
posted by
joab1
on October 18, 2007 at 3:15 PM
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Re: True and interesting perspective...
agreed Sheilah, in most circumstances, it is one to turn bad uck around to your advantage. In most cases, there is a hidden lessons in these 'bad' luck and if one learns from them, I won't called it bad luck at all.
posted by
katzs
on October 18, 2007 at 1:04 PM
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True and interesting perspective...
I agree, and also believe that there are some that besides luck also had the will power to discover the tools that turn bad luck into good luck.
posted by
Sheilah
on October 18, 2007 at 12:49 PM
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Re: Katzs
well, soulbuilder, it all has a purpose in the end and only when we reach the end of the road,do we know it,right?
posted by
katzs
on October 18, 2007 at 12:43 PM
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Re: katzs
you are right here, rich,whatever we called it, it is still the same thing.
posted by
katzs
on October 18, 2007 at 12:41 PM
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Thanks for coming lovelyladymonk
posted by
katzs
on October 18, 2007 at 12:40 PM
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Katzs
Being born in the wrong family is a mystery!
posted by
Soul_Builder101
on October 18, 2007 at 9:05 AM
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katzs
some called it luck...some called circumstance...some called it inheritance...some called it right timing.... or whatever it is.
posted by
richinstore
on October 18, 2007 at 7:24 AM
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I agree, katz...
posted by
lovelyladymonk
on October 18, 2007 at 7:16 AM
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