Comments on: So done!

By: Shalanna Collins

Shalanna Collins — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 22:36:50 +0000

OH, how I wish I had seen this entry last year! I would love for that editor (Hilary Rubin Teeman) to see the first line or two of -Little Rituals-, my book that is all about what you just said–is it karma/fate/predestination that drives our lives, or can we make our own luck? Is there such a thing as luck?Can we affect our luck by good deeds or other rituals? My book is all about this. My main character’s search for the nature of luck leads her to her epiphany and to “growing up,” even though she’s thirty. I wish that I could send you, or anyone, the first page or so of the book, because it’s all about the subject of this post. But anyhow, good luck to whoever won that contest and got read.

By: Lee

Lee — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 15:40:23 +0000

I think the answer to your question is both. Everything is a choice. What we do with what comes our way is completely up to the individual. Does karma play a roll? I believe so. What we put into life, comes back to us.

By: Karin

Karin — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 05:23:27 +0000

Spy, you have officially confused me.

By: spyscribbler

spyscribbler — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 03:24:21 +0000

LOL, Karin. I didn’t say that very well, did I? I meant, what if the intuitive knowledge of future success feeds a person’s belief? Then it’s not the person’s strength of belief that fuels their success, but their future success that strengthens their current belief.

Good lord. I feel like I’m talking in riddles! Sometimes, belief is easier than other times. Why is that? What if success isn’t a matter of stronger or weaker belief, but of choosing the path that your intuition tells you will be successful? And in doing so, it’s easier to believe, and therefore not a stronger will that breeds success, but a will headed in the right direction?

I’m still not making much sense, am I?

By: Edie

Edie — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 20:31:51 +0000

I’m with Allison. When you think about it, another word for the 11th commandment is “networking”. LOL

I do like to think I have a choice, but again, I’m with Allison here. Some things happen because of life and not our choices and not destiny. But everyone has bad things happen to them, and we can make the choice to go on and triumph anyway.

By: Karin

Karin — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 20:01:09 +0000

spy, i’m a firm believer in: think it, be it, become it.
if we believe we will succeed, the chances are pretty damned good we will.
is that kinda sorta what you were talking about?

By: spyscribbler

spyscribbler — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 19:34:18 +0000

You know those people who are completely confident that they are going to succeed? And then they do?

I’ve always wondered if their confidence comes partly from an intuition of their future success, or if their confidence causes their success. When the feeling is “I just knew I’d succeed,” I don’t necessarily believe that the ability to believe in oneself can be given all the credit.

(Okay, this is a tangent I normally wait until 2 am to get on …)

By: Natalie

Natalie — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 18:26:06 +0000

Karin, I agree. Great column.

I LOVE your contest. Giving to others. What a great deal!

By: Allison

Allison — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 17:14:25 +0000

Amanda said: I think we canâ€™t determine what we get handed to us, but how we deal with lifeâ€™s triumphs and tragedies is what makes our character.

This is beautiful! Very well said.

By: Amanda

Amanda — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 16:51:03 +0000

I think we can’t determine what we get handed to us, but how we deal with life’s triumphs and tragedies is what makes our character.

Karin, you may not be able to publish people, but you do bump them up another step on the way to their dream. And not just with your contest, but with your inspiration and example.