Luck... really?

[feeling quite lousy at the moment. this blog might be a bit emo... but nah... dis was somethin i was tolkin to joel about da other day... shuld b kinda interesting =). hui hui]

Luck.
"Good luck!"
"I'm feeling lucky today!"
"Sorry, bad luck..."
"The stars just aren't working in my favour."
"It's my lucky day!"

We hear these phrases often enough, but we never pause to think about what they really mean. Do we say them because we genuinely mean it, or do we say them because these are just sayings that have been used in certain situations that has now become tradition? Whatever the reason you say it for, I hope it has some sort of meaning behind it. Just recenlty, I have avoided the usage of luck, as I simply do not believe in it at the extent to which I would hope it follows another.

I think that luck does exist somewhat, in its intangible, persisting manner, as sometimes things either go the way you want it to or the total opposite, and you have totally no control over it. For example, you may have been to an interview with another person who was basically as qualified as you were, but on that day you just happened to be in a bad mood or something happened that made you upset, and you simply could not present yourself with the right state of mind, which made the other person stand out over you. Let's take even more realistic examples: that day when you got hit by a bird's excretion; or that day when you were splashed with muddy water as a car went past. Some things cannot be explained without using the word "luck", but I think a lot of things can.

I do not wish people "good luck" for their exams but "best wishes" because if one worked hard, it will pay off, luck would not play a part; and by "best wishes", I mean it as the receiver being able to perform well as they have worked for it. If a misfortune happened to someone and it could be either explained via their/other people's actions, situation, comments etc, it is again not valid to say "bad luck".

I suppose in our society today, we use it as a simple expression of gladness as something happened the way we intended, or something unexpected happened in a pleasant way that made us happy. It is not so much the meaning behind it anymore, rather the expression.

L.u.c.k... do you think it exists?

Hui Hui ^^b