Day 73: Is it Written in the Stars? in Cookies?...or All in My Head?...

I know a lot of people say that things like the zodiac and horoscopes are all just a bunch of nonsense. 

But I still read my horoscope everyday when I happen to get the Metro newspaper. 

and I still look forward to getting a fortune cookie after the end of a Chinese meal.

I'm not sure why, I guess for me, its like someone is out there, trying to give me some advice. 

Or perhaps fate, trying to tell me something.

I know its far-fetched, and a strange way of thinking, but its nice to think that there is a little magic or mystery in the world.

I guess my motivation for writing about horoscopes and such is because my horoscopes have coincidentally has given me good advice.

and this past Friday was no different.

For a couple of days, I had been kind of doubting myself, whether or not I could actually do this student competition for school. Its a lot work for even three people to handle (the maximum amount of people you can have on a team is three) 

On Fridays, people that are interested in doing this competition, meet with professors that help us and guide us through. 

I really want to participate and I am going to do it. However, there are days when I sit back and look at all the things that I need to do for my classes that makes me wonder if I could handle them all. 

This past Friday, as I was in the subway, I was reading the Metro newspaper and I went to my horoscope. 

I was pretty stunned at what I read:

"Instead of losing your cool over a competitive development, you'll rise to the top and take full advantage of the challenge, resulting in some meaningful accomplishments"

I know its not really advice and that there are thousands of other Gemini's that are probably reading the same horoscope and that this 'prediction' could be interpreted in a thousand different scenarios.

But it I couldn't help but feel much better about my own situation and give me a little confidence.


Now, I'm not saying you should read and rely on horoscopes either, but sometimes a little advice can go a long way

and if reading horoscopes or fortune cookies makes you think about your own life and how you can better yourself or a troubling situation, instead of relying on someone else to help you...

thats not a bad thing right?

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