13: Either I will be very lucky or very unlucky

Hi GF Loved reading this sweet and meaningful response dear...

Well worded Hardworkinggurl! Thats a good one. I always smell a positive energy in your words. . Positive and cool headed attitude can help to get cross any situations at life.

Hi thesids Positivity is the only thing that gets me going. Truly a blessing each I awake with life.

Thank you for your reply. To answer your question of my experience of buying something different. I had this car and I was looking for a new one. Driving on the motorway in search of this new car the engine cut out in the fast lane of the motorway while overtaking another car. It was tipping down with rain at the time. I said out loud, this car is going, that was the last straw. Luckily it was quiet at that time of the day and I was able to get onto the hard shoulder next to the inside lane. When I got it started again I took the first exit off the motorway and for some strange reason I drove past two or three garages that sold cars. I was just leaving a village when I came across another garage that sold cars and pulled in. There was this beautiful white Citroen car there. I hadn't seen one before. To cut the story short I bought this car and all I saw after were citroens everywhere. By the way it is the best car that I have ever bought, I would not have swapped that car for anything if it hadn't worn out.

I agree. We can trick ourselves into believing such things. And that's how fooling ourselves could be beneficial to us, some of the time. While I was taking my exam, I thought, to have a seat number of 7 would be a good omen! Instead, my seat number was 13. And I didn't let it bother me. After all, I know I studied! My friend said it was a lucky number after all, and I believed it. However, I don't attribute my success in that number at all! Thinking of that number as lucky was something to boost my confidence more. I have not experienced buying an item I thought was unique, only to find out everybody else bought it. What was your experience on that?

Hmmm....I definitely don't remember having an experience like that. But I have other experiences when the things I do coincide with things I encounter. For example, I have recently finished a book which I thought to be not very well-known. When I browsed my flickr account that day, there was an artful photo of books, and one of them was the book I recently read! Thanks for sharing this! It kind of connects with the concept that whatever your mind is thinking, the universe will give it to you. Maybe the Citroen car was foremost on your mind, and your mind automatically notices Citroen cars, making you think that it was common....:)

I thought so too! When I look at it that way, 13 should be considered lucky. Instead, people attributed 13 to be unlucky, because Jesus dined in a table of 13 people in the Last Supper. :D

yeah, 12 seems to be much more complete. Imagine learning in class about the 11 apostles...:D

Hi thesids I will give you a third hug. Such lovely words and hope all is well with you.

HUUUUUGGGGGG!!! :D When I woke up yesterday (which was Friday the 13th) I actually forgot what date it was! hahaha ! But it turned out lucky after all. I haven't been thinking how it was supposed to be an unlucky day, so I went ahead with my plan to hunt for books, and I had pretty good finds! I wake up every morning thinking, I wonder what will happen today? And, let's go attack the day! I find myself being ready for whatever happens, and the day usually turns out good. Of course there will be bad days, but I try not to let it get me down. I sleep it out, and I feel better afterwards. :D

While younger I was a very negative person, could not help it because my surroundings were such a bad environment. As I got older I began to think how my negative thoughts weighed me down. I do have my moments but as soon as I remember that I am the only one harming me with negativity I try to reverse my thought. Happy Birthday to your hubby and hope you and your family celebrate a lovely day!

I also like studying astrology, those bad luck and lucky for the day. But I focus more on the lucky things, actually! I don't know, but it seems I automatically tune out the bad things. Well, not exactly tune out, but I take them as it is, knowing I can still change it. Like hardworkinggurl, I was a negative person. I worried excessively, and I do still worry from time to time, thinking I have no control. When I do that, I try to put things in perspective, looking for things I can still do, and accepting the things I can't. Being optimistic, knowing there's a solution, makes me feel light. :)

Everything happens for a reason. I agree it is better to look at the positive side of things. It makes life more bearable when there are more positive things that you see than the not-so-good ones.

IN the end, it would still be lucky, since you got the salary, right? Everything in life has a good and bad side to it, so I think it's better to focus on the good! :)

hello! It's like what I said with the previous box, we can fool ourselves into believing whatever we want to believe. As for me, I believe F the 13th could be unlucky. It's like thinking, when it's Christmas, what gift will I receive? When it's F the 13th I think, I wonder what bad thing would happen? :D That movie, Friday the 13th must be the culprit of it all! hahaha

Thank you! Yes, good and bad things happen. That is a fact of life. Being superstitious or not could also affect one's life. We may not be able to fully explain why that is so, but regardless, good and bad things happen. :)

thank you! i try to treat this day like any other day. But also somehow differently, because I wonder what bad thing will happen that day? It's not like I totally expect that a bad thing w0ould happen. I just thought it would be amusing if I can find something that I can attribute to F the 13th. :D

Waiting for 7 years is indeed frustrating! I can't tell you how much slower the judicial system in my country is. So I'm glad that you found hope on Friday the 13th!:D I agree, luck is what you make it. Generally, when one thinks positive thoughts, one attracts positive reactions. Thank you!

Thank you! I reminded myself that any other day, either a good thing or a bad thing can happen, so F the 13th isn't supposed to be special. :)

I was actually kind of amused as I was starting this discussion. My superstitious-ness will always be weary of the number 13, but I try to not let it affect me. :D I will do your suggestion! thank you!

your friend has a good mind set because that kind of mind set can pull more good luck,

I agree with you! TGIF is the best! Go Fridays indeed! :D 4 is also one of my favorite numbers. I looked up the numerological meaning of 13, and it says it is a number which cleanses and purifies. So that's good! Poor 13, to have such a bad reputation when it had good qualities itself!

I also believe 7 is my lucky number! Well, it's my favorite number but it has only been lucky for me once (because it rarely shows up in my life). It is believed to be the perfect number. And also, because 3+4=7. You see, each number has a meaning. I think 3 is the number of masculinity, and 4 for femininity, add them up, you gain the perfect balance. :D

I'm sorry. I got it wrong. Three is considered as a number for masculinity, it is also a number for creativity, and magic. Two is the number of femininity, the moon and duality. I learned all of these long ago in homeroom. In general, odd numbers are associated with (+) and masculinity, while even numbers with (-) and femininity. I was thinking of 6+1 = 7 being the perfect number, I remember my teacher saying that 6 was the number of harmony (physical + spiritual) and that 1 was the number associated with God. How they came up with these meanings in Numerology, I have no idea. But it's all fascinating. :)

why 3 for masculinity and why 4 for feminity?can u expalin?where did u find that?

I didn't know that Fridays were associated with success in love. I wonder how that came to be? Spike earlier said that Fridays were considered unlucky (for some). I guess it all depends on the perception of the one who started that superstition. I also think now, that everything has a negative and positive side to it. So that's good news, a positive thing is better than no positive at all.

Thanks for this info Spike! It makes one think that people put too much thought in unlucky/lucky things. When I think about it, they had to have some explanations for things, and they turned to superstitions, like linking the number of people in the Last Supper with bad luck. And also, with Friday too! I thought people loved Fridays! New projects shouldn't be started on a Friday.... I think that's because people look forward to the weekend on a Friday and they won't focus on the projects to be done. :D And Jesus being crucified (regardless of what date), should be lucky for us! :D My Friday the 13th was actually lucky. I found and bought the book I wanted to read!

thank you! :)

thank you! If I was born on Friday the 13th, I would find it lucky myself! :D

haha...same buddies.nice to see you both.

hello! thanks for responding! The funny thing is, I believe that you make your own luck, but i also believe in LUCK. Sometimes things just happen to you. :D