Do we make our own luck?  I think so.  Maybe steady ease of mind is a potent fertilizer for a life of four-leaf clovers.  You know, that aphorism, “the world is as you see it.”  It’s like that.  Learn to see the beauty and even luck in life and you see more beauty and luck.

This is not to say that we should ignore the very real challenges and difficult emotions we all experience as part of being human.  It’s more like letting yourself experience what you experience like a sky experiences a storm, or the ocean experiences its waves.  It’s PART of life.  Such experiences are not the whole shebang of life.  These storms give life contrast.

It’s more like meeting the experiences of day to day life with a welcoming attitude.

I think that there are some qualities that make welcoming and riding the storms of  life with equanimity a bit more attainable.  We can grow these qualities, imbuing our day to day experience with them.  I’m talking about qualities such as acceptance, compassion, courage, appreciation …. join in any time here ….  As we cultivate these qualities, I think we can cultivate greater peace.

Maybe these qualities make up the petals of a 4 leaf clover.  Maybe they are the petals of luck.

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