You can't make your own luck but you can always be preparing for the things you want. You can make a choice to decide what your goals for success really are. I

You can't make your own luck but you can always be preparing for the things you want. You can make a choice to decide what your goals for success really are. In that you can choose to remove the burden of struggle and pain pursuing something you no longer want, and instead sail into prevailing winds even though they aren't going the direction you started out in. Being willing to let go of things is hard too. You can prevent yourself from capitalizing on luck by stubbornly refusing to consider any outcome other than the one you NEED. Anybody can experience luck but you also need to actualize on it. When you are in the thick of depression and struggle it can be literally impossible to either see or make use of the luck you have. Sometimes in the middle of the deepest, darkest shit you just gotta stop being sorry for yourself and make a conscious choice to be thankful for what you do have, even if it's not much. Finding ways to practice gratitude and self compassion will help you have compassion for others. It's like unclenching the fist of pain and anger that depression twisted you into. Expectations are the enemy of luck. You DO have some control over how your brain processes the experience, and how you subsequently behave. You can drive the meat skeleton in a positive way regardless of bumpy roads.