Are you superstitious?

Short answer? Not really.
Longer answer? Well… it depends what you mean by superstitious.

I’m not the sort of person who panics because a black cat crossed the road or refuses to walk under a ladder.

Life has thrown enough genuinely unpredictable things at me that blaming it on a cat feels a bit unfair. The poor creature is probably just trying to get home for dinner.

That said, I do have a healthy respect for the strange corners of the universe.

Over the years I’ve read a fair number of religious and spiritual texts—from the Bible to Buddhist teachings—mostly out of curiosity about how different people try to make sense of this odd little existence we’ve all found ourselves in.

What I discovered is that most belief systems, superstition included, come from the same place: humans trying to understand a world that doesn’t always give neat explanations.

And to be fair, the universe is weird.

So while I’m not knocking on wood every five minutes or refusing to say certain words before a big event, I do keep an open mind. There’s a difference between blind superstition and simply acknowledging that life contains a few mysteries we haven’t quite untangled yet.

Besides, a little mystery keeps things interesting.

So no—I’m not superstitious.

But I do occasionally raise an eyebrow when the universe starts acting suspiciously well-timed.

Just in case.

Stay safe,
BC