Honoring St. Patrick's Day includes at a minimum wearing green. It's also a day to honor luck. While the Irish certainly don't have a corner on the market, they do have leprechauns.
The Chinese have the I Ching or Book of Wisdom to point to taking directions that result in good fortune. Though we may not be lucky in the strictest sense of the term where luck is bestowed on us regardless of whether or not we deserve it, the wisdom of the I Ching suggests that good fortune or luck draws from flowing with the Tao and bad fortune is the result of going against the grain of our constitution or the circumstances we find ourselves enmeshed inside.
Making authentic choices doesn't guarantee good fortune, it is hinted at in the text that it increases the chances of experiencing good fortune. To experience the luck of the Irish, therefore, we are encouraged to flow in sync with our deeper knowing inside the situations and relationships we find ourselves. While certainly easier said than done, intending to go with the Flow may bring us more luck than merely wearing green today.
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