Things that fascinate me.

luck, it must be said, is a loaded word. sometimes someone’s luck is nothing of their own doing, a result of the privilege of their birth. sometimes we mean luck in the purest way, the happenstance of sitting next to the right person on a bus. (this sort of luck seems practically mythical; one wonders if it ever happens.) but for many people, “luck” is something of their own making: they work hard, network, self-promote, and so on, and one day, they end up in the right place at the right time and catch their break. is that luck? not in the same way, and telling someone who has worked hard that their success is a result of luck is insulting.

(Source: cacioppo)