Luck – A word commonly used in everyday life. Starting from when someone wins jackpot to when some drunkard in car get caught by traffic police for dazzling head light, the presence of luck is felt. Either good or bad, we come across the “lady” luck everyday. We want this lady always be present by our side – of course the good “lady” luck, not the bad one and many people go to the extend of spending money in buying stones of all colours to keep this lady with them. How much ever the effort you put, there is a need for stroke of luck to make your effort fruitful. This is believed by majority of the people.
What is Luck?
That which happens to a person; an event, good or ill, affecting one's interests or happiness, and which is deemed casual; a course or series of such events regarded as occurring by chance; chance; hap; fate; fortune; often, one's habitual or characteristic fortune; as, good, bad, ill, or hard luck. Luck is often used by itself to mean good luck; as, luck is better than skill; a stroke of luck.
(Source: www.dictionary.net)
So, luck is something that happened to a person that affects one’s interest in a casual way!
Fate – A word not so commonly used. Used mostly during sad events because it is easier to put the blame on something nobody has seen. Fate also has the ability to affect one’s interest, unfolds a series of events that seems casual, etc.,etc.
What is fate?
A fixed decree by which the order of things is prescribed; the immutable law of the universe; inevitable necessity; the force by which all existence is determined and conditioned
(Source: www.dictionary.net)
Many people agree and believe in luck. But strongly oppose the idea of fate. Is this because fate is more religiously inclined?
Let us check these two. Luck vs Fate.
1. Both can affect one’s interest and happiness and in a casual way.
2. Has the power to change the course of events at any point of time.
3. Neither luck not fate can be quantified. How much percent of luck/fate was invloved in India winning the first T20 world cup or Einstein finding theory of relativity? – Newton, Joule, Pascal, Volt, etc, did not bother to find/quantify this, else we would have kept their name as the unit.
4. Of course, I dont have plans to prove either luck or fate exists as it is not possible.
Both seemingly similar entities but one is widely accepted and the other is not!
In the same sense, do agreeing to fate mean, everything is preordained. So what is there for people on earth to do?
Irrespective of the religion, all religions say that the doer is responsible for all action that is chosen and its consequences and not the fate.
