He did get lucky
Otherwise he wouldn’t have made it
Everyone is lucky, by definition
Everyone is lucky, by definition, eventually.
Those that made it were “lucky” — then took advantage of it
Nothing is “earned”
Everything is given
And then it’s either accepted, or refused
That’s all there is to life
You “earning” and “doing” is still within the bounds of fortuitous opportunity
Opportunity to be born
Opportunity to be born in this day and age
Opportunity to be strong and healthy and capable of productive behaviours
Opportunity to engage in those behaviours, and be rewarded for it
You think he “got lucky”
Yes he did. So did you
He did get a little bit more lucky within certain subject
Perhaps you got far more lucky somewhere else
At any rate — you can’t be him — because you’re you. By definition you wouldn’t like to be him — because YOU can only want to be you; The only way to want to be him is to actually be him.
I.e. basically you wouldn’t trade everything you call yourself to be him. That would be tantamount to dying.
You can only compare you to you
And we’re all so lucky, aren’t we?
Every day brings new opportunities, new possibilities, new adventures
How infinite is that?
How absurdly overwhelmingly infinite is the future possibility?
How could anything finite even compare?
Nothing is earned — it’s all given. For free
You are given and you receive, humbly
You then prove yourself worthy of that gift
Prove yourself worthy of this life
Prove yourself worthy of this abundance
Prove yourself worthy of this possibility
By fully embracing it and taking the fullest advantage of it
This is how you “earn it”
Again, he didn’t earn it — it was all given
You ask for details and look for tricks
Stop trying to be him! Stop trying to “get lucky” like he did! You’ve your OWN luck to enjoy, like you’ve your own path to thread
Learn from him what you can, but for your OWN LIFE, for your OWN DESIGN
…And it’s NOT mysterious
The “mysterious” part is the LUCKY part; You can’t replicate that… you can only get lucky in your own, unique way
But it’s not mysterious in how you fully exploit the good fortune, the world’s opportunities…
You make something valuable, something useful, something beautiful, something true
You do your best, to the best of your ability, with all your heart
You explore some place new, some place exciting, some place no one has been to
This is life — the UNRAVELLING of the NEW
And this is life — the motion, the ELEVATION
And it’s as vague as it is specific — every day you either move up, or move down, and every day you either do something new — or rot in the past
This is the how
And the rest is up to luck
He got lucky and so will you