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Mt. Everest. Her name would have got lost in history like many other
volleyball players.

In reality, we decide our luck is good or bad according to the mental
state we are in, at that particular time. A particular emotional or
mental state is for a very short period of time; we have no idea how
our life is going to be in future. Something that we consider as bad
luck today might turn out to be a ‘blessing in disguise’ tomorrow. It is
only because of our narrow mindedness that we look at things from a
smaller perspective and remain stuck in such ways of thinking.

If you discuss with your friends about the successful people in the
world. Many of them would say that these people tasted success
because their luck favored them. Can you find anyone who would
actually admit that a successful person worked really hard? Only
those people who have seen you working hard know the real cost of

success; for others, you are merely a lucky person.

Whatever is luck for you, let me call it ‘karma’.

Good karma or bad karma? Think about the child who was
handicapped since birth; will it be okay to say that he has bad luck?
How do you know what this child is going to do in future, what will he

gain and what will he lose? What about the one who took birth as a
normal child but became differently- able later in his life? What about
the one whose disability could not stop him from realizing his dreams
just like the above-mentioned volleyball player?

The question is: do humans really have the intelligence to decide

who is lucky and who is not?

Some children are born blind, some are mentally disabled, and some
have other kinds of disability. A lot of these disabilities are genetic;
some occur when the child is in the mother’s womb, and some occur
after birth. What is the fault of the child who was born with a
congenital disorder? The moment he opened his eyes for the first

time, he was already behind many other people. He did not even do