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Garden of Superstitions: Navigating Life’s Quirky Omens

Are you superstitious?

From the fertile soil of my childhood, my mom, a seasoned cultivator of superstitions, planted seeds of belief that sprouted into a garden of quirky rituals. It wasn’t just about black cats or broken mirrors; it was a symphony of peculiar signs that dictated the rhythm of our lives.

Hands itching? Oh, that meant something – a fortune, an unexpected guest, or maybe just the weather changing. As a child, I navigated the world with the meticulousness of a divination expert, deciphering the cryptic language of my tingling palms.

Dropping a fork wasn’t just a clumsy accident; it was a cosmic cue. Did it land with a clatter? Well, brace yourself for an unforeseen twist in fate. My mom’s superstitions were like breadcrumbs in the labyrinth of life, offering glimpses into the mystical possibilities that awaited around every corner.

“Don’t jinx yourself,” she’d admonish, instilling a fear of tempting fate with the mere utterance of anticipation. Feeling that something might happen? Better hush those premonitions lest you invite trouble. It wasn’t just about positive thinking; it was a delicate dance with destiny, where words could shape reality.

As I matured, so did my superstitions, evolving into a personalized set of rituals that, in my own quirky way, got me through the ups and downs. Life’s uncertainties became a canvas, and my superstitions were the vibrant strokes that added color to the mundane.

So, here I am, hoping for itchy hands – a simple pleasure wrapped in the nostalgia of childhood beliefs. What other superstitions are poised to sprout in the garden of my whimsical psyche? It’s an ongoing saga of magical thinking, where each twinge, drop, or fleeting thought becomes a delightful chapter in the story of my superstitious journey. Bring it on, cosmic whimsy!

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  1. “Magical Thinking” Most Often Generated By the Stories We Co-Create

    To Bring Hope in Positive Sugar Pill Ways Yet Sadly Also the Dark

    MaGiC of Nocebo Hoping to Bring Harm to What We Perceive

    As Adversaries in Our Lives And Even Sadder Really Are

    Those Who Lack the Emotional Intelligence Far Beyond

    Materially Reduced Minds to Understand How Powerful

    Our iMaGiNaTioNS and Stories Will Bring the MaGiC of the

    Placebo Effect
    in So Many
    Healing
    Ways for
    Real Sadly
    Not All Folks
    Are Able to Take
    Advantage of Sugar
    Pills That Come Through
    The Deeper Stories We Create of Life

    Yet It’s True as Science Shows Wear A Cast
    And Imagine Exercising And Find Strength
    Gains in Arms That Are Not Overtly Physically Used

    Even Actual Increases in the Size of Muscles Not Overtly Used

    And Of Course Use the Nocebo Effect on Oneself Believing They
    Sre Gonna Drop
    Dead on A
    Superstitious
    Date Self Fulfilling
    Prophecies Do Come
    True in Negative Ways
    too Dear Miriam i Create Many
    ‘Sugar Pills’ in the Stories of my Life
    That Do Come To Fruition Over and
    Over again as fully documented as well

    Yet Again it is No Secret For Humans Who
    Have Developed Emotional Intelligence Far

    Beyond

    Just
    Materially
    Reduced Thinking

    Even John Nash Had
    to Admit that His ‘Game Theory’
    Was Flawed Be Cause of His Lack of Emotional

    Intelligence
    ‘Adam Smith’
    Continues to Need ReVision

    Hehe What’s Really Amusing
    to See Is When Folks Believe
    Their ‘Traditional Magical Thinking’
    Stories Are the Only Plays Like That Possible in Life

    THere is no

    ‘Only one

    Story’ Indeed Hehe

    Also Known as Sugar Pills
    And Voodoo Pins in Dolls And Such as That..:)

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