When it comes to miracles, some people think, "I'll believe it when I see it!" Luck-making individuals take a different stance: They believe it, and then they see it. You probably believe in God, but you've never seen him/her/it. You have faith that there is a divine force working with you in the world, even though you can't prove it. It's just something you know. Believing in miracles allows you to do something that luck creators do naturally. They believe in the impossible, meaning, even if your mind does not know how something will come to be, and it may even seem impossible, you keep an open mind at all times that what you want and need IS possible, and that with God's help and your efforts, you can get what you need. People who create their own luck believe with absolute certainty that they will have everything that they need, even if they aren't always sure how they are going to get it, and if there are moments in life when luck seems to elude them. For lucky people, bad luck is temporary, and everything always turns out for the best. They have a deep faith in God, and in themselves, to somehow land on their feet and make the most out of whatever circumstances they encounter. People who do not have faith in a higher power to assist them, or in themselves to make luck happen, often hesitate out of fear, closing their mind to opportunities because all they can fathom is how impossible it all seems. Goethe says it best: Until one is committed there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiative and creation there is one elementary truth, the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans. The moment one definitely commits oneself, all sorts of things begin to happen that would never otherwise have occurred. A whole stream of events issues from the committed decision, raising in one's favor all matter of incidents, meetings and material assistance, which no man could have dreamed would come his way. Whatever you can do, or dream, you can begin. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. Begin it now. . . This anonymous story which floated all over the Internet beautifully illustrates the point that sometimes, the answer to our problem is available to us, but not yet known. When we open our minds to believing that what may appear impossible is really possible, either through God's intervention, or some solution that we don't know of at the moment, luck happens. A small congregation in the foothills of the Great Smokies built a new sanctuary on a piece of land willed to them by a church member. Ten days before the new church was to open, the local building inspector informed the pastor that the parking lot was inadequate for the size of the building. Until the church doubled the size of the parking lot, they would not be able to use the new sanctuary. Unfortunately, the church with its undersized lot had used every inch of their land except for the mountain against which it had been built. In order to build more parking spaces, they would have to move the mountain out of the back yard. Undaunted, the pastor announced the next Sunday morning that he would meet that evening with all members who had "mountain moving faith." They would hold a prayer session asking God to remove the mountain from the back yard and to somehow provide enough money to have it paved and painted before the scheduled opening dedication service the following week. At the appointed time, 24 of the congregation's 300 members assembled for prayer. They prayed for nearly three hours. At ten o'clock the pastor said the final "Amen." "We'll open next Sunday as scheduled," he assured everyone. "God has never let us down before, and I believe He will be faithful this time too." The next morning as he was working in his study there came a loud knock at his door. When he called "come in," a rough looking construction foreman appeared, removing his hard hat as he entered. "Excuse me, Reverend. I'm from Acme Construction Company over in the next county. We're building a huge shopping mall. We need some fill dirt. Would you be willing to sell us a chunk of that mountain behind the church? We'll pay you for the dirt we remove and pave all the exposed area free of charge, if we can have it right away. We can't do anything else until we get the dirt in and allow it to settle properly." The little church was dedicated the next Sunday as originally planned and there were far more members with "mountain moving faith" on opening Sunday than there had been the previous week! If you suspend your pessimistic mind, the voice that tells you that something is IMPOSSIBLE, you will open yourself to a solution coming to you in the most fantastic, unbelievable, you never would have thought of it yourself way. But, first, you must open your mind and believe that you CAN have what you want and need, and that somehow, God will help you get it -- if it's really in your best interests and for the higher good. Luck Building Strategy -- Changing Your Mind about Luck Pessimistic thinking is a luck-buster. To start retraining your mind, watch for all those times when you tell yourself the word, "impossible". Look for the moments when you fail to take one step toward your goal because you are closed-minded to the possibility that a solution exists in the universe that you can not possibly fathom at this time. Remember Goethe's quote -- when you take the first step and move beyond hesitancy, the universe, God, and all the power available to you, will respond. But first, you must keep an open mind and believe in miracles. Miracles show up best when they are invited.
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