Chances

Martin Luther King Jr. worked diligently to get equal rights, an Olympian trains for years before bringing home the gold, the president wins the election by a narrow vote. What does it take to be as successful as these few examples? The answer depends on the goal at hand. Goals can be as simple as getting out of bed in the morning or as challenging as running a prosperous business. The characteristics of those who are believed to be successful can be found in many different stories, however, the

but things don 't go right for me. I 'm not one of the lucky ones!’” The Basic Ideas of Science of Mind, pg. 65 You are one of the lucky ones, even if you were betting on a different outcome. There is no reason to deny the existence of luck, chance, randomness and possibility in our infinite universe. There is good reason to not rely on it, bet on it, blame it for our failures or attribute our success to luck. Luck is not the hand of fate or any such controlling influence in life. Luck is not

Do you believe in bad luck and do you think bad luck can stop you from becoming successful? If the answer is yes, I am interested in telling you - nothing can stop you until you choose to be stopped. Whenever we talk about luck we talk whether things will happen or things will not happen but success is not about seeing whether things will happen or things will not happen as it is about making things happen and when you choose to be stopped then you do not work hard for making the things happen and

A German Proverb once stated that, “Every man is the architect of his own fortune.” In expressing his opinion that people have more control over their fate than their fate does over them, this proverb was mistaken. Contrary to what the Proverb espoused, the cruelty of the world and the harsh reality of blind fortune have much more to do with what happens to a person than what actions they take, and good actions cannot guarantee good fortune. The inaccuracy of this quote can be proven in looking at

“Ughh, another bad day is about to start,” Jeffy thought as he got out of bed. As soon as he got up, his wobbly bed toppled over and fell apart along with his dresser and study table. He quickly got ready, well as fast as he could since he was completely out of clothes and his shower fell off the wall. Jeffy went to the small kitchen of his R.V House to make himself a bowl of cereal for breakfast, until he saw that he saw that he was out of milk and he has no spoon. “How could this day get any

The meaning of success stretches miles from person to person. If you asked 3 individuals what success meant to them, I bet you wouldn’t get the same answer. To some its money, fame or even authority. Success is much smaller than money and fame. You are truly successful when you found out who you really are and your purpose (Herriott). Being successful starts with rising early, taking advantage of luck and the 10,000-hour rule. A key to success is to rise early. You are working when others aren’t

Flannery O’Connor writes in Mystery and Manners that “A story that is any good can’t be reproduced, it can only be expanded. A story is good when you continue to see more and more in it, and when it continues to escape you. In fiction two and two is always more than four. I agree with O’Conner that a short story can’t be reproduced only expanded and if it’s a good short story it should have the ability to be expanded. Consider “To build a Fire” by Jack London. It ends with the adventurer dying and

Lucky Winner (An Analysis of the Story Rocking Horse) “Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say what you've got to say, and say it hot”(Lawrence). In 1926 D.H lawrence wrote one of his most famous stories, Rocking Horse Winner. This story is about a boy who gambles to make money that will make his mom happy. He ends up getting addicted to gambling, and this addiction ended up being extremely fatal to the boy. In life we go to the extreme to make the ones we love

believe in another chance. I needed another chance. Not a second chance, not a third, but another chance, another opportunity, a clean slate. Kera, a student of mine, needed another chance. Unwilling, reluctant, and forced I gave her one. And she cursed me. So I gave her another chance and she threatened me. I gave her another and she hated me. I gave her another, and another, and another. And then, one day, I gave her another chance, and she smiled at me. So I gave her another chance and she apologized

Money, Luck, Love in Rocking-Horse Winner by D.H. Lawrence The "Rocking-Horse Winner" by D.H. Lawrence is a story, which emphasizes the battered relationship between a mother and her child. The author's work is known for its explorations of human nature and illustrates the nature of materialism. The author employs techniques of the fairy tale to moralize on the value of love and the dangers of the money. D.H. Lawrence presents an upper class family that is destroyed by greed because they always