You were born in a country where you have adequate natural resources is nothing to do with your effort and intelligence. It is purely your luck. 

The basic but the most important resource is water. Can you create any water source? Can you live without water? It is either free or less expensive for most of you. But, how many people suffer without water on a daily basis.They have to sometimes walk for miles to fetch water. Some people are even forced to drink dirty/ muddy water as they have no choice.

So, it is your luck and the luck only that you were born in a country where you have adquate water.

Is it  all your effort that you got perfect teachers? No. Basically you have no choice. You do not get a chance to choose your teachers especially during your childhood.

A perfect, helpful, kind, intelligent teacher is a blessing in your life time. They not only teach you lessons but also teach you good and bads. That's why in some cultures they say both your spouse and teacher are as per your fate.

So, getting a good techer is your luck and nothing but the luck. How many of you are lucky to have good teachers? Those who were lucky to have good teachers may not realise this fact. But, those who did not get good teachers, may always realise this fact.

You get a perfect life partner is something your effort or efficiency or luck or combination of all?

Some boast it is totally their effort and efficiency. Is it? If it is true why do some of them ends up in divorce. You could have used your efficiency and effort to make sure you would not end up in divorce.

Even if you are a genius, you will not be able to understand your partner thoroughly, before marriage or living together and even after marriage for that matter. Without thorough understanding how would you make a correct judgement? You make judgement to the best of your knowledge.

So, there exists the element called LUCK once again. Only lucky couple live together forever.

Without luck your effort and efficiency will bring no success. It is like two zeros without a number in front. Your effort and your efficiency are like two zeros without any value.

00=  value    0

100= value 100

Your LUCK is the number in front of your effort and efficiency.

If you were born intelligent , it is your luck. Nothing but luck.  If you are educated, then it is your luck plus your hard work and effort. Can an autistic child (except a particular minority)learn a lot? No. So, if you could learn , it is your luck. Of course, there is your hard work. No body can deny.

Only thing you do is hardwork/ effort.

If you were born in a developed country, it is your luck and your luck only. Those who were born in developing countries do not have a lot of resources, comfort, protection, etc that are there in developed countries.

Especially, the freedom is lacking in so many developing countries. We must be grateful to GOD for us to have so much freedom in these developed countries. Freedom is priceless. Those who enjoy freedom since birth, may not realise how blessed they are, to have such freedom.

I moved from a developing country and living in a wonderful North American country. I can feel how much important freedom is. I now do have freedom that I could not have in the country I was born.

So, born in a developed country is your luck and there was nothing you did to be so.

If your were born without any disability, it is nothing but your luck.  Even if you have some disability, still you are lucky to have the rest. There was nothing you did to be without disability.

Therefore, first of all we all must be happy that we are lucky enough to be who we are today. Always, compare yourself with someone less fortunate and then you will realise how lucky you are.

You were born to a good, caring, rich parents is not something you did for yourself. It is purely your luck. Born in a rich family, you get good education and support for your future. Whatever you do after those blessings, are simply the walls built on the blessed foundation.

I do not say there is nothing you do or did. All I am saying is that there is somethings called Luck in your life in addition to your endeavours.