Positive Thinking, Luck And Achieving Heights In Life

Well, the heading reads great and inspiring to a lot of people and there have been umpteen books written on these lines and umpteen bestsellers and equally good number of people who became rich by writing books on these lines. But if you could see carefully there is one word that seems pretty odd...yes it is 'Luck' !! This is what many achievers and many many authors who write about achieving things in life usually hate or at the least have a disliking for. The word 'Luck' is both lucky and unlucky as well, as it is seen by people in different ways, both favorable and unfavorable.
I like to use another word 'Chance' for our word 'Luck', why ?? It goes something like this.......it is by chance that you got conceived, it is by chance that you are what you look like , black or white , beautiful or not, see red as red and green as green and so on.
These are pretty trivial things that we come across, while there are some other more important things like one can be born with a gargantuan amount of brain power, some might simply never cross childhood even after they cross their thirties, some might be born in cozy homes while some might be born in the midst of famine, war, sickness and unfathomable peril. What if somebody was born in the middle of a raging war, bitter poverty and could never go to school ?? Psychologists say that a person's behavior moulds mostly upon his/her early experiences and stimulus received from parents and others around, what if circumstances were not as favorable ?? Nobody can become what they are not made for.
Then what is the point in striving anyway ?? Yes there is.There is one basic fact that people tend to forget in all the mayhem, it is that we are what we are and not more than that. It is always good to understand one's self and set goals accordingly. Respecting one self and understanding limits that one has does a lot to the mind and body. Always giving the best that can be done and never giving up will conjure magic by giving good results and also imbibing great confidence.
In the race to succeed, people often scramble for answers in books that were written about achieving things and reaching unprecedented heights, often citing examples of great people like Albert Einstein, Newton and so forth. It is for sure that those great people never became great by reading books written about achievement. They had the intellect to contemplate things of such grandeur and magnitude. What if the same person Einstein were to be born a retard ??It is never good to over-estimate one's self but the one thing that surely can be immensely beneficial for personal development is to do one's best and never give up on what can be done. If not once the second time and if not, the third time and so forth. Even in thick forests there is always a trail and a pathway along the way people daily tread. Once there is a tendency to compare one's self with others there is every chance that the person loses respect in his/her own sight which is a chief cause of stress and depression, and it is a fact that a rising number of depression cases among youth is due to over estimating themselves and loading themselves with excessive targets.
The key to having a fulfilling life when it comes to learning, work and achievement is to understand one's self properly, knowing one's limits and respecting them,stop comparing with others,putting in the best efforts and never giving up on what effort can be put into.