See A Penny...

“See a penny, pick it up; all day long you'll have good luck.” I actually found a dollar on my way home tonight and that thought immediately came into my head. But what does that little rhyme really mean?

This year, 2007, is one that I hear will bring me great luck. And why is that, I wonder. Is it only because it ends in a numerical connotation that has traditionally, the world over, symbolized great and purposeful things, such as luck? Or is it because the stars of my zodiac sign are aligned in just such a way that only good will follow me this year? People read their horoscopes with the belief that the stars and planets are the dictators of their fortune, be it good or bad. But the real question is, are we really the proprietors of our own destiny or is it something we should leave up to chance...or planets and stars...or even someone else?

And then there's the question of karma. The most basic definition of the term states that it is good or bad emanations felt to be generated by someone or something. Does that mean that if someone speaks of karma in ill terms, that negativity is something that will truly follow us? In that regard it does in fact seem like one is leaving their destiny in the hands of another. But in my journey, I have discovered that love, especially self love, conquers everything even karma.