our Twitter (X) feedView our Youtube channelView our Instagram feedView our Substack feedView our Spotify feed Three people are sitting on a bench: a wise man between two fools. One fool is called “Pointless.” They argue that the universe is cold and uncaring to human needs. We can try as hard as we want and plan as long as we can, but at the end of the day, the world will have its way.
A bullet, a disease, a speeding truck, a single sentence from a powerful person — they’ll each determine our lives, so trying to plan is pointless. The other fool is called “Control.” They say we are in charge of everything. If we work hard and plan properly, we’ll achieve all of our goals.
Luck is an invention of the weak and inadequate. Fortune favors only the brave. I, and only I, am in control of my life.
And in between the fools, the sage nods. They listen to Pointless, and they listen to Control. They take on a bit of both.
They plan while accepting that plans sometimes go wrong. They think about tomorrow but never forget today. They recognize the power of choice but bow to the gods of fortune.
In his book, _The Serendipity Mindset_, the writer Christian Busch argues that there are actually two kinds of luck. There is the luck that happens to you. It’s out of your control, so you have to just roll with it: a traffic jam, a freak thunderstorm, a stomach bug on your wedding day.
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