"Success"

Also lucky implies an objective scale of good and bad.
Here's where you go wrong almost every time. "Lucky", or anything that implies a scale, does not have to imply an objective scale. If you disagree, please explain. Objective itself is relative until you get out to the scale of the entire universe and then you're into things we don't know, so you can't get to an ultimate objectivity. Instead, what you're missing is, scales imply an ability to compare. Clearly we have that. Even the roots of plants appear to make decisions about which direction to grow. And don't start talking about what exists or not, because the ability to compare only applies to what we can observe, directly or indirectly. Accuracy of our observations is a different topic. You keep starting discussions, then setting up impossible parameters to have those discussions. If you don't start with something like; we exists and existence is preferable to non-existence, then you don't have a starting point for a subjective term like "success".
Dr. Seuss isn't qualified to speak considering he writes children's books that are overly optimistic.
Now you've gone too far sir. >:( You couldn't hold a candle to Dr. Seuss. Overly optimistic? Watch and learn buddy boy. . .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8V06ZOQuo0k Published on Jan 23, 2013 Dr Seuss' Original Lorax animated TV special from 1972. Follows the actual story line of the book.
Hey and why not engage this discussion? Here's a thoughtful challenge you should have had some time to think about.
Why do you think the universe owes you something?
Not challenging, the universe doesn't owe me anything. But that has nothing to do with the discussion. You said life was a gift, I said prove it, and you failed. Life is struggle, you life then you die. You live at the expense of your surroundings and each other. Also lucky implies an objective scale of good and bad. Luck is a supernatural concept. Lois
Your explaination proves the word isn’t fine as is. Because if it isn’t universal then there is nothing to aspire to? If it’s different based on the person then it’s meaningless to use as you can call pretty much anything successful. Even the qualifiers to measure are meaningless if we shift them from person to person. It only matters if there is a standard to which to adhere to.
What's it like to live with thoughts like that? How do you choose what to do in the morning when you get up?
We don't choose. We do what we wre derermined to do by countless determining factore we are unaware of and have no control over. Lois Lois, is that your opinion? "You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You're on your own, and you know what you know. And you are the one who'll decide where to go." Dr. Seuss Well! If Dr. Seuss said it, it must be true! Who could argue with him? "Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope, and that enables you to laugh at life's realities."Dr. Seuss
Hey and why not engage this discussion? Here's a thoughtful challenge you should have had some time to think about.
Why do you think the universe owes you something?
Not challenging, the universe doesn't owe me anything. But that has nothing to do with the discussion. You said life was a gift, I said prove it, and you failed. Life is struggle, you life then you die. You live at the expense of your surroundings and each other. Also lucky implies an objective scale of good and bad. Luck is a supernatural concept. Lois A role of the dice is not supernatural Lois. No, but that's not luck. A roll of the dice can be measured, luck cannot be. Anyone who rolls dice will have the same mathematical outcome, and it will be unpredictable. Anyone who claims to have luck is claiming to have special powers--supernatural powers--that overcome chance. Las Vegas is full of people who believe in luck. It's what makes gambling such a lucrative business--for the casino operators. They are not depending on luck. They are depending on people who believe in it.
You said life was a gift, I said prove it, and you failed. Life is struggle, you life then you die. You live at the expense of your surroundings and each other.
You know T, I'll bet you know - nothing in real life can be "proven." Prove to me the sun will rise tomorrow. But back to your existential crisis musings. In some ways it simply comes down to: What do you choose to be present to. For instance, of course life is a struggle, lots of ups and downs, some horrors, but also joy and love and learning and breathing in the day and the weather as it speeds past you growing one day older. What part of that will you be present to. If you find yourself in a blizzard, do you piss and moan and only think of the wind ripping up your back, or hunker down and deal with it, perhaps even use the opportunity to consider what others have been forced to deal with, in other places and times. Yes, we do live "at the expense of your surroundings and each other" but there is also giving of yourself for others. Be it family, coworkers, friends or community, or some part of the biosphere (if you're of the Earth Appreciating Persuasion.). Back, when kids were small and it was crazy, full time + work, demands everywhere, drives one crazy, but not really, because at the same time, there's something to being needed. It doesn't have to be all one directional, although that certainly is the way most all modern Americans seem to think. And look at what it's achieve for everyone's quality of life. There really is a less cut-throat approach to living our short decades of life on this fantastic planet. Although, all that has become rather academic, it is not a wonderful planet anymore, it's being grievously molested on every front. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ And if we want to talk egos in action. What do you want to do with your life, curl up in a corner and moan about how unfair and futile life is, or get out there and live it, interact with people and circumstances and make an epic adventure of it. Both opportunities present themselves for the hyper self aware - choose your weapons, YOU WILL DIE IN THE END. cheers