Not too many years ago, I learned of the superstition that people should say, “Rabbit, Rabbit, Rabbit” on the first day of every month to have good luck that entire month. Guess what I texted to my family this morning? Guess what is already written on the first day of every month of my 2019 calendar? Readers, I think you should take a pause and say, “Rabbit. Rabbit. Rabbit.”, right now.
I am a superstitious person. I admit it. Some people would claim that being superstitious is silly and unfaithful. I disagree. I’m often a very serious person. I’ve been told to “lighten up” more than once in my life. I am extremely faithful in the higher powers of the Universe that I call “God.” To me, my superstitions are just a reminder that there are higher forces taking care of us. They are a reminder that there is more to this Earth plane than meets the eye.
Sports fans and players are typically very superstitious people. My son played soccer with a young man who always wore his team shorts backwards on game days. His mother explained that one day he had an amazing, breakout game and it was on a day that he had rushed out the door, accidentally putting his shorts on backwards. From that day on, he thought it was better luck for him to play with his shorts on backwards and so he did, for the rest of his soccer career. I am willing to bet that a majority of professional sports players wear certain items, or do certain rituals before each game that they play, for good luck purposes.
Here’s another quote that I don’t agree with:
“Superstition is the death of a thinking mind.” – Dr. T. P. Chia
If I think that saying “rabbit, rabbit, rabbit” at the beginning of every month will make me luckier, isn’t there a good chance that the powers of positive thinking will help make it so? Or that I will look for lucky happenings in my life to prove my superstition? This perspective, in turn, will make me feel luckier by seeing all of the goodness in my life, which will only help me to attract more luck and goodness with the positive vibe that I am emoting as a “lucky person.” The mind, indeed, is a very powerful tool.
I think superstition only becomes dangerous and silly and foolish and unfaithful when it is used in a fear mongering sense. If I forgot to say “rabbit, rabbit, rabbit” today and I believed that it doomed me to bad luck all of November, that would not be a healthy. Some people might even argue against that thought, though. Bad things happen to good people. Often there is no explanation known to us as to why that statement is true. Perhaps it would feel comforting to think that doing or not doing one of our superstitious habits gave us more control in our lives than we really have, so if something bad happens to us, we have something to blame it on. “I should have said, “Rabbit. Rabbit. Rabbit.” or “I should have worn my shorts backwards.” Again, our superstitions can make us feel more empowered and secure and those are positive feelings. Feeling powerful and secure, makes us attract or at least notice, more of the positive forces and happenings in our lives.
People often discount superstitions as “old wives’ tales.” The older I get, the more I think “the old wives” may have been wiser than we think. They may have understood reverse psychology or the power of positive thinking before it became a book. Maybe we should call them “old wise tales”. Anyway, one more time for extra luck – “Rabbit. Rabbit. Rabbit.”