It’s become a very common practice to incorporate superstitions in everyday life; knock on wood, don’t walk under a ladder, beginner’s luck, even seeing black cats. In my opinion, they’re all a big waste of time.
We often try to blame things in life on others instead of putting in hard work. Bad day? Maybe you woke up on the wrong side of the bed. Or, in reality you probably just had a negative attitude and didn’t bother fixing it.
As humans, it’s easy to let things pile up and often when bad things happen, people think it’s a sign that someone is out to get them. In reality good and bad things are constantly happening and we need to accept it. For me though, this concept only applies to negative superstitions. If it brings you a little joy to catch 11:11 every day or wish on a shooting star, no harm because it’s nice to find little things to look forward to and believe in, even if they don’t end up coming true.
Again though, everything in moderation. I draw the line at not washing certain clothing to support your favorite team, I can promise you the sweaty memories of your past are not going to change the future. No matter how lucky you may get, even if your team ends up winning the big championship it was probably because they practiced hard and not because you smell like B.O. thanks to your lucky socks.
My general belief on this subject is that if you think bad things are constantly happening around you because of your superstitions, lighten up and know that the universe is not out to get you. But on the opposite end of the spectrum, don’t go out of your way to keep up a superstition, especially if it comes with negative effects towards others. Most superstitions come from the Middle Ages, and I don’t think those are people you really want to be taking life advice from, as they lived to the ripe age of 35.
My advice to everyone is to have fun with superstitions, but don’t believe in them like your future depends on them because I can assure you it doesn’t.
