Luck is a strange phenomenon. Impossible to quantify, pin down, or indefinitely retain, it is nearly impossible to understand, much less predict. Is there only a certain amount of luck in the world? If one person is having a lucky day, does that mean someone else's day will be inherently unlucky?
Two weeks ago I won a PS3 at a football game in one of those sweepstakes no one ever really expects to win. A PS3 was being given out that day no matter what; however, it seems as if my extraordinary luck may have in some way contributed to BYU's humiliating loss against Florida State. Obviously, any straight-thinking person would describe this feeling as irrational and illogical but my superstitious side says otherwise. Was my luck the cause of other people's misfortune?
Must luck always balance out? If you're lucky one day does that mean the next day will compensate by being exceptionally unlucky? Waking up the next morning with a painfully sore throat heralding a week of sickness with a debilitating cold, I can't help but feel that this is the case. Did my winning of the PS3 cause my illness?
Luck is weird. Luck is variable. It could not even exist. If every event causes another event and predetermines what the future will be, then it follows that it's just natural that some people randomly come out on top. Is there anyway to make it so that certain people come out randomly on top more than others?
Who knows? Who cares? I won a PS3.
