Deserve < Want

According to Webster’s-Online-Dictionary, to deserve is;

•  To merit by good actions or qualities in general; to be worthy of, on account of excellence.
• To be worthy of, in a bad sense; to merit by an evil act; as, to deserve blame or punishment.

Society has adapted a twisted sense of the word "deserve". It has become a clichéd term that is misunderstood by many. People have mistaken their own selfish wants and aspirations for things that they deem deserving of them.

People who seek power and control somewhat believe that they deserve it.

 People who seek free housing believe that they deserve free housing.

People who seek honesty and love think that they deserve honesty and love.

This pattern lacks a rather important variable called hard work…

Society has forgotten that for somebody to be considered deserving of something, they need to have put in the hard work and dedication to receive it.

Social norms have contributing to distorting the true meaning of deserving, for example:  from a young age I have been taught that adults and those older than me deserve to be respected,  correct me if I am wrong , but can age truly demand respect? Being 50 times my age cannot possible automatically earn you respect. Respect should be earned and worked for…or else it cannot be deserved.

The term Karma, “what goes around comes around”, refers to people receiving what they deserve through their own actions. It is evident that in reality this is not true. Honest, morally-just people will sometimes receive the harshest of realities by the universe at play. While evil, corrupt souls live the most pleasant and easiest of lives. The idea of Karma is so perfect in modern society, but is merely that- an idea, and is not mirrored in reality.

People need to stop hiding behind the words “I deserve” and replace them with the words “I want”.

We need society to be honest about what they selfishly seek. People need to stop forcing us to believe that what they seek is deserving of them and that we are required to give it to them. Instead of convincing people about what you want through your words…show them through your actions.

If you seek honesty and love, give honesty and love.If you seek housing, work for it. And so forth...

I hope that you may all receive the things that you want  in life and be deserving of the things that  you have worked for.

Golden Four Leaf Clover

Throughout my entire life I believed that I was unlucky- unlucky in love, life and winning.

I always thought that there are just unlucky people. They have a permanent black cloud floating over their heads. As one of these unlucky people, I would often wish there was a guide for the unlucky ...a guide that would help change my luck.

I would often look at lucky people and loath how they are so easily blessed with winning and receiving things that they do not even truly seek or want...I  thought that luck was either bestowed upon you at birth or not- until one day, when I realized that luck is not merely given to you but can be created and optimized!

I will now share a guide of how I changed my luck.

A few years ago, I watched the movie- “The Secret”. It is a film version of the book written by the author- Rhonde Byrne. It is based on philosophical teachings given by Plato, Galileo, Da Vinci, Beethoven, Edison, and Einstein, to name but a few.

“The Secret” and its use of the “law of attraction” reveals how you can change every aspect of your life. How you can turn any weakness or suffering into strength, power, unlimited abundance, health and joy by the use of your thoughts. Everything is possible, nothing is impossible. There are no limits. Whatever you can dream of or envision into your life can be yours.

At first I took very little from this. I thought that “The law of attraction” merely meant that if you envision and proclaim something into your life- wealth, luck and so on, you would receive it.  Therefore if I had proclaimed something into the world (whether it was big or small) such as immediately finding parking at the mall on my arrival on a busy day… or passing my final year in high school with exceptional marks this would all come true- but this would not always happen.

You may be wondering what all this has to do with luck. Well I have recently adapted “The Secret” back into my life.

I have seen that my faith in Christianity is so powerful with luck but can still be optimized by this idea of The Secret. 

If I am desperately seeking something in my life-

 I, firstly, do all that I (physically) can to get what I seek.

Then, secondly, I dream of it, envision it ( exactly how I want it) and then, lastly,I pray for it.

For example-

I am currently seeking to make more friends here in Bloemfontein. So I firstly need to put myself out there and be open minded, I then dream and envision the type of friends that I seek- honest, fun, kind, interesting people that love music and that love to do the things that I love to do- then I pray that God brings them into my life.

So if I seek to win a competition, I enter thousands of times I then envision myself winning…then I pray about it!

If I seek to do well in an exam, I study for many hours, then I envision myself receiving great results on that test…then I pray about it.

We as people need to learn to optimize our luck in the best way that suits us...whether it be adapting ridiculous good luck-charms or objects or believing in the universe and gods.

We need to stop feeling sorry for ourselves and start creating the lives and luck that we seek!

If you seek to achieve something, improve yourself towards that goal, apply for it and use any power of luck that you choose to achieve it!

I hope that you may all be blessed with luck and good wishes . May you proclaim your luck, work towards it and receive it! May you find golden four leaf clovers everywhere that you go!

Happy winning folks!