A Superstitious Business

Today being Friday the 13th,I thought I'd post something about it. Well, I don't really know if I can be considered superstitious. Breaking mirrors? I don't like to do that,since it's bad. First off, you just lost yourself a reflective surface. Second,the shards are dangerous. Third,I don't like to break anything. It's not the bad luck, but the clean-up that I dread about broken mirrors. Going under a ladder. I don't do that because it's dangerous. What if the person fell because of me? Or, what if the ladder were to break while I was under it? So,that's not good either. A black cat? It's simply an animal,and I for one find it highly insulting that people would associate a creature made my God as the bearer of bad luck or an ill omen. I wouldn't pet it,I don't know where it's been and whatnot, but I wouldn't ostracize it for being a black cat. It's not the cats fault that it has a black phenotype!

Stepping on a crack? The only reason that breaking a mother's back is the consequence is because they rhyme. People tend to remember things that rhyme,but this one is just ridiculous. I don't avoid or purposely step on cracks.I just walk. I mean,I do watch where I am going, but I look up, not down. It's especially hard to look down and watch your steps when you are carrying a load of books in your arms. An umbrella in a building? I've done that,but not to test it. It was wet,and I had to dry it off,I think. This other time,it just sprang open since the clasp was broken. That's life. I don't do it purposely,but I don't freak out if it opens either.

I don't really know whether I'm superstitious or not. I do believe in luck,to some degree. But, I really believe that everything is up to God. Misfortune and bad luck are not the same thing. Misfortune just happens,it's circumstance. Bad luck is saying that the world is against you. And that isn't possible,since God is the world,and he will never be against anyone. Anyone.

That being said,I guess I'm more of a practical person,really.