LUCK OF SUCCESS

When people succeed they attribute it all to hard work and negate any element of luck but when they fail all the blame is shifted to some malediction.This is a common occurrence in human life.We give ourselves all the credit when all goes well without even giving a second thought to the fact that some force(s) could have been behind our success.
I am of the school of thought that the luck of chance has much in common with success other wise how can we explain that million of people worldwide toil and moil  ,day in day out ,under the hot blazing sun and cold chilly nights but never see the light or we can simply say they were destined  not to succeed? These people are smart,hard working and even more ready to take the risk but are never at the right place at the right time...they aren't lucky.Contrariwise, we see some people within the twinkle of an eye make it and make it really big!The later usually narrate an irreproducible smooth life story of some sudden idea from some space which they rapidly transform into reality.With positive results they are termed the smarter ones as no one cares about the means as long as the yielded results are seen.But a critical investigation into these "success cases" usually reveals they had some natural advantages over their  unlucky peers.Some are from rich families that make provision for the starting income.Some are born in places with environmental advantages.
This in no way rules out the fact that hard work to some extend is a prerequiste for success.One has to work hard but no amount of hard work will bring success without opportunties whose timing  is determined by some forces beyond human control.....LUCK.We usually say "opportunity comes but once" with the implication that if wasted  there is no second chance.I beg to differ as life is a long journey with many hills to climb and those that reach the summit being the ones who fell but rose,those who persisted and perserved believing they were going to make it.Opportunities thus come many times not once,they do so several times everyday but simply shift to the next person when they meet us unprepared.