Well Friday the 13th certainly lived up to its chaotic name today - as usual :)
I’m never quiet sure whether this is in part - psychological or not , in that it makes people behave differently , thus possibly causing problems ( misfortune ) for themselves , which would have never usually happened if they had acted normally , if you see what I mean :) .
Ok here’s a scenario - you step in to the road to avoid walking under an empty ladder and you get run over by a car , now in my opinion the accident was caused by a fear of superstition , rather than superstition itself , as if you had walked under the ladder you wouldn’t have been ran over :)
Superstition is an interesting and emotive subject , personally - I won’t walk under a ladder simply because I don’t want a piece of heavy machinery dropped on my head , and I like cats , so black ones crossing my path in any direction - is a bonus :)
I think some aspects are good as if you believe in maybe a lucky charm this could put you in to a positive frame of mind which could help you succeed , but if you fail , well maybe that faith was misplaced .
There are of course the extreme levels as to which it is taken , like certain people I know , who shall remain anonymous , taking Friday 13th off work simply because of what it is , which again is behaving differently from their normal life pattern…………………saying nothing here :)
