Somepeopletakeitforgrantedthatsomeluckynumberscanbringthemgoodluck.Forinstance,theso-calledluckynumber“8”iswidelyusednowbecauseitissoundedlike“gettingrich”inChineseandisbelievedtobringgoodfortune.

　　Yetmanyothersdon’tthinkso.Theythinkthatnumbershavenothingtodowithluck.Theyregardnumberssimplyasamathematicsymbolsforcounting.Theyareanythingbutamystery.Theylaughatthosewhothinknumberscanbringgoodluck.

　　I’minfavorofthelatteropinion.Ithinkoursocietyisverymodernnow.Wemustn’tcountontheso-calledluckynumberstofulfillourwishes.Whetherwecanhavegoodluckdependsonourselves.Ifweworkhard,goodluckwillcometous.