And that must suck. Because placing no trust into any belief that goodness in yourself will bring goodness anywhere else shows no motivation for goodness in yourself.

I am by no means saying you're unlikable. I don't know you, and I have a hunch that you and I could discuss some doosies.

But what you call misplaced trust in luck or karma, on several others' threads now, I call faith and hope. And I see nothing wrong, or worthy of being called out, with having faith or hope. To me, faith and hope are the seeds of love. And who couldn't use a little more of that?