Darn it. I just broke my handheld a mirror. But it’s my own fault. Because I should’ve laid it down before I ran out the front door, under the painter’s ladder, just to chase away that pesky black cat keeps scrounging around here. Wow, if today was Friday the 13th, that would be a trifecta’s trifecta. But, as I open up my my calendar, I see it’s only…
Yikes! Friday the 13th!
Oh no! The jig is up. The ship has sailed. My goose is cooked.
Or not.
Because today could be just another day. According to Encyclopedia Britannica (That’s an academic book, for all your public school teachers) Friday the 13th, which occurs when the 13th day of a month in the Gregorian calendar falls on a Friday, happens at least once a year and sometimes up to three times a year. On average, one occurs every 212.35 days.
So it’s just plain ol’ superstition to think today is some sort of especially unlucky day. Of course, you might have a phobia. In this case, there’s a little word that describe you:
paraskevidekatriaphobia
Say that three times fast.
And as you attempt to do that, I’ll share this interesting little factoid with you that’s also from the Encyclopedia Britannica: Friday the 13th and its association with bad luck was first written about in 19th-century France. An article published in 1834 in the French literary magazine Revue de Paris by Italian author Marquis de Salvo refers to a Sicilian count who killed his daughter on Friday the 13th. The article, titled “Le Chateau de Carini,” states, “It is always Fridays and the number 13 that bring bad luck!”
Yeah, the moral of that story is never kill your daughter on an unlucky day. Yeesh.
Actually, all seriousness in front, there are other ways to look at this silly superstition.For example…
You could choose another option, simpler and true.
You could opt out of superstition…couldn’t you?
As for me, I just go on with my day as though it were just another day. And, for me, that means rhymes and reasons. Like this one…
Iridescent Lights Disappearing In Flights
There were effervescent circles,
Shining iridescent lights,
On the svelte, magenta cosmos.
Almost no one saw the sights.
But then someone with a camera,
And creative appetites,
Captured just a hint of Heaven
In those iridescent lights. © 2022 TF
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