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No, I’m not planning on running through a public place in my birthday suit. First, I do not run that fast so the chances of me getting nabbed and thrown into the pokey is much too probable for my liking. I’m talking in this case about the streaks that life bestows upon us… for instance, the “lucky streak”. I can say that my life has and (hopefully) continues to be populated with these streaks… maybe more so than the average person.

Streaks are not merely limited to luck either. Like the streak of concerts that I experienced in the last week… I’d like to think in some way it was earned. Sort of a version of “it is in the giving you receive”. Lecram… are you getting all religious on us?! You are not starting some sort of wacky Church of Lecram, are you? No, this is based on practical observations.

I have a theory that streaks of any sort are not purely coincidental. The next thing to bear in mind is they are not always pleasant nor are they regulated to a time limit. They are clusters of occurrences or experiences or events or mindsets, etc… that all seem to have a commonality during the period they are playing out.

As time has marched on I have come to believe more and more that these streaks are actually directly related to how we conduct our lives and the attitude we bring to it. It seems there is some illusive “energy bank” that no one has told us about and was somehow omitted from the manual of life. We all have secret accounts here where the energy of our actions and motivations are deposited. Interest is accrued and dividends are paid out periodically with these streaks. The quality and nature of each is colored by our own accumulated attitudes at the instant of our actions.

As an example I have observed on multiple occasions friends who have gone through a string of failed relationships. Perfectly nice people who on the surface don’t seem to deserve the heartache of what has befallen them. Yet if you choose to engage them in conversation about it you notice they share with bitterness, it was always the other person’s fault, yada, yada. You also notice (at least I have) that their list of needs, wants and demands far outweigh their output in attitude or direct action. In short they have chosen to play out the part of guest in their own lives instead of host.

Then they go through the “swearing off” period during which time they (sometimes) reorder their lives. They begin doing for themselves with positive output and energy that shifts away from the needy behaviors that used to rule. Bitterness is shed, new attitudes cultivated and they are actively “moving on” with life less and less encumbered by past attachments and behaviors. Often during this period, when they usually claim “not to be looking for it” true love… or at least a compatible, fulfilling and healthy relationship finds them. Yes, I’ll admit it has also happened to me… but that’s all I’m going to say about that. LOL.

More active in my life are the creative streaks. And looking back I can see a pattern where personal output has resulted in equal payoff. Sedentary periods have produced streaks of “writer’s block” and less than pure motivations have produced streaks of less than successful work. I can’t help but draw these correlations to similar principles behind the natural laws of returns that are part and parcel of the “do unto others” segment of just about every religious philosophy.

As such, I can only conclude… at least for myself that streaks are not an accident of fate or luck. So, this week in a somewhat odd count the streak it is. I am thankful for those that have occurred and hope my continuing actions and motivations continue to generate positive ones.

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