Luck is definitely a very important factor and I have always been lucky in life. But I would not talk about a guiding force. I take full responsibility for all that I do and if there is a God, it certainly is not a God that takes personal account on losers and winners. Because with all that happens in the world, it would mean God is so unfair and would go against the principle of goodness. That principle would for instance constantly be contradicted by history: so many people commanded the most atrocious behaviour and stayed for so long in power, whereas how many positive leadership positions lasted for as long? Dictators and other negative situations seem to happen over much longer lifecycles than the good ones, why is that so? Some people say that dark forces have more resistance thanks to the spread of fear, while good things inspire people, but do not necessarily create the capability to prolong. I am not sure about it.

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