These days, I have been thinking a lot about luck.
I am currently reading a Korean novel called, “The Second Coming Of Gluttony” and it really inspired me to write this post.
In the novel, the main character, Seol Jihu, basically gets a second chance at life. He gets recruited and is given the Gold Mark in which he is given a lot of cheats.
The MC basically starts off with more money/items than the rest, and has an ability to see colours. Red signifies danger, orange – do not approach, yellow – take caution, green – safe (there are still more colours to be unlocked, I’m only 100+ chapters in).
However, as I keep reading, I really feel like it’s so unfair. Yes, he works and trains hard, but he had all these abilities/things that others didn’t. In my opinion, he already had a huge unfair advantage against everyone else.
Next, I thought about how all the MCs in dramas are usually rich guys who are already hot, those who already have power, status, and money. They don’t even have to do shit and all the women just flock to them. It is so unfair.
I can’t help but feel, “You’re just born lucky.”
Then, I thought about myself. How much of my accomplishments were based on my abilities alone? Am I just born lucky too?
I want to take credit and say I got to where I am with my hard work and persistence. But there are actually a lot of things that played a factor. For instance:
I mainly grew up in Canada, so English is the language that I studied in school. English happens to be an international language, which is used worldwide. This made it easier for my translations to get popular. Imagine if I had translated into Russian or something; most likely, only Russians would be able to understand. Continue reading “Luck”
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