...that things are going way too well to be sustainable? Everything seems effortless, luck seems to constantly be on your side, good things flow your way even without you asking for them?
the question of dessert: is all this good fortune deserved? possibly, but to feel that one deserves more than others seems uncomfortably close to hubris. on the other hand, good fortune is often linked to hard work and the application of talent, and perhaps can be considered a just dessert. healthy self-esteem will feel deserving of a certain amount of good fortune, but where does self-esteem stop, and hubris begin? at the end of the day, though, your good fortune is your good fortune, so don't feel guilty about it, enjoy it.
the question of karma: not a personal belief of mine, at least not in any supernatural sense. however, sometimes 'what goes around comes around'. of course, a lot of the time, it doesn't - good deeds go unrewarded, evil goes unpunished. there's no rigorous evidence for supernatural karma anyway. of course, as Hume point out, there isn't rigorous evidence for causation either, but causation seems to be a useful concept. i don't personally think karma is something to worry about.
the question of the law of averages: 'but surely things must balance out over time?' to the extent they depend on luck, yes. again, i don't mean 'luck' in any supernatural sense, merely the surmounting of high odds against, in a particular not-fully-determined way. but obviously, winning the lotto doesn't mean something correspondingly bad must be headed your way, to balance things out. so don't worry about it.
the final analysis? enjoy your good fortune, don't make things more complicated than they are. however, it might be worthwhile analysing a bit - you might work out how to make things even better, or to make your good fortune last longer.
and consider sharing your good fortune around.
ps: i'm aware that these conclusions depend to a large extent on a number of metaphysical assumptions, such as the non-existence of an afterlife in which good and evil deeds are respectively rewarded and punished. there are several others, all of which seem reasonable to me.
Several questions to this:
* what actually is being too good to be true?
* Who decides about "deserving"?
* Where is the average, around which the pendulum is swinging?
* success is often earned by hard work and talent, or by ruthless exploitations of rules, which were meant for something different entirely.
Originally posted by BlackampFortes fortuna adiuvat.
...that things are going way too well to be sustainable? Everything seems effortless, luck seems to constantly be on your side, good things flow your way even without you asking for them?
the question of dessert: is all this good fortune deserved? possibly, but to feel that one deserves more than others seems uncomfortably close to hubris. on the other h ...[text shortened]... rded and punished. there are several others, all of which seem reasonable to me.
Originally posted by BlackampI get that all the time myself, but then I wake up tp the harsh reality of my life. The jerks around me, and then myself, nothing but a perfect gentleman all the time. 😕
...that things are going way too well to be sustainable? Everything seems effortless, luck seems to constantly be on your side, good things flow your way even without you asking for them?
the question of dessert: is all this good fortune deserved? possibly, but to feel that one deserves more than others seems uncomfortably close to hubris. on the other h ...[text shortened]... rded and punished. there are several others, all of which seem reasonable to me.
