Omens

Call it whatever you like. Superstitions, juju, premonitions, sixth sense... We all believe it to a certain extent.

There is the ever popular "ada orang sebut" if you tersedak, someone misses you if you find an eyelash on your face and "ada orang nak datang" if a butterfly or moth is found inside the house.

Then there is the "meaning of dreams" such as finding a snake in the house and dreaming of water which means good fortune. We all have woken up with a heavy feeling in the pit of our stomachs. And married people profess to the "you just know" feeling that he/she is THE ONE.

There are 'lucky shirts' and rabbit feet and four leaf clovers and horse shoes for good luck. There are old coins and three-legged frogs for some. Horoscopes and astrology, feng shui and other "therapies" complete the set of unscientific beliefs we commonly encounter each day.

Perhaps its the subconscious in our being. Red stimulates the senses and perhaps contribute to a sense of being more energetic and able to garner results which translates to good fortune.

But what about personal incidences that's not in the cards?

I had a watch band that suddenly refused to clasp. I had to hold it together with a wire tie or not wear the watch at all. What does it mean? And if I was able to fix it, does that mean that my troubles will be solved?

What about the "feeling" that someone or something is right for you, or that things will work out all right.

You don't know for sure, do you? But when hope is all but gone, sometimes omens are the only things that you can hold on to to keep from drowning....