Superstitious, omen, and dreams || LOH contest
Growing up, there were a lot of superstitious beliefs around me, like do not point your finger at a rainbow π, hence your finger will fold until it reaches your chest π.
Do not blow the whistle at night, you could invite a snake into your home. Do not sweep your house at night; you are inviting poverty unknowingly. Do not sing while carrying a bucket of water from the stream, and always make sure your bowl of water is filled to the brim while you fetch water from the stream, or else you will end up having a child in the future with very deep eye sockets π. These are just a few out of many superstitious beliefs I heard while I was growing up.
As I grow older, I realize that some were just words from our elders to keep us in line in certain situations, due to the curious minds of kids. I also began to realize that some of those beliefs do come to pass. Among those I have experienced and still experience until now is hitting my toes on the ground or on objects.
If I am to be going somewhere, and just when I step my legs outside, I hit something with my left leg toe, I know something unpleasant will likely happen before I come back from that outing. To avoid such situations, I might simply go back inside and wait for a while before heading out.
On the other hand, if it were to be my right leg, I would smile and continue my outing because I knew something nice would most definitely happen. This is not something I believed in at the early stage of my life, though it is a very common belief at my place, but with time it manifests countless times that make me start taking precautions.
What changes my mindset
A long time ago, I was supposed to go out with my cousin in his car. Just when I came out of my gate, my left toe hit a stone. I just brushed it off, entered his car, and we started our journey. When we came out of our street into the main road, I told my cousin to park, as I needed to get something from a nearby shop, and he did park.
About three minutes later I was back inside the car. Just when we were about to take off, we nearly hit a girl who was hawking her street food. Thankfully, she wasn't hurt, but her food fell on the ground, and I had to compensate her with money. To her, she didn't know our car was taking off, and to my cousin, he didn't know the girl was about to cross behind our car.
Later that night, when I remembered hitting my left toe at the gate and the incident that followed, and some similar incidents in the past, I began to take note of such and take precautions. It could be pure coincidence, but one, two, and more than five times are no longer a coincidence. I started believing that maybe the universe was simply giving me a sign to be guided. If only I had gone back inside my house that day and delayed our outing for some minutes, the incident with the hawker girl might have been avoided.
My Dreams
Another thing is my dreams. I never used to take my dreams to be anything until I realized most of them do come true. And now I take my dreams seriously; I try to interpret them and be guided, it's safer for me this way than when I used to ignore them and face the consequences. Not only did I use to face harsh consequences for ignoring my dreams in the past, but they haunted me as well until I started learning to accept them as part of who I am. They don't scare me anymore; some are sweet dreams, though. Why some can be a bit scary, and when they are not the good ones, I pray to avert any bad occurrence, and also be mindful of the things I do.
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I have heard about this hitting your left toes but I usually brush it off
In ur case, u noticed that whenever u experience such, something negative will happen if u don't wait a bit before going out...so it's better u start obeying it oo π
And as for your dreams, plz never ignore it...just do the needful , afterall prevention is better than cure
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Yeah, when it's my right leg, I know something pleasant will happen but you see my left toe, it's haven't been a good sign for me.
I no longer takes my dreams for granted hehe they no dey tell person lol π
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This hitting the toe thing used to happen to me before, but somehow it has stopped now.
I don't ignore my dreams because I have seen them play out often and when I can't make meaning to them I just pray and commit to God. Our dreams shouldn't be ignored
Maybe my toe sign thing will stop someday who knows lol π
Yeah, I use to ignore my dreams but I know better now.
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Yes @funshee, you are right about the leg's stuffs. There are actually signs to note.
Glad to know I'm not the only one in this.
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Certainly many superstitions that we are told as children are to prevent us from falling into certain situations.
I identify with you in praying when I have a bad dream, to be more sure that everything will be alright, thanks for sharing your experiences,
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Yeah, praying about our bad dreams is the right thing to do.
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When you say "hit your toe on the ground" do you mean trip? I have read a couple of posts with this in it and I don't quite understand.
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Like, you are walking and your toe accidentally hits an object, it could be a wooden, stone, or a higher ground.
That is what I mean.
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I usually attach meaning to things like hitting my legs on the stone and such superstition began to manifest when we believe in them.
Our mindset and belief works for us, so we need to work on them so they don't control us completely.
Maybe you are right, it might have to do with our beliefs.
This hitting of leg I have been ignoring it but for my dreams I don't joke with them because most of them are scary and I seen them play out.
We should take precautions with our dreams, as some are real.
I didn't know that detail about the rainbow! How funny!
It's true that there are all sorts of superstitious details passed down to us by our ancestors that are sometimes interesting.
Thank you for sharing your experiences and thoughts with us in this way!
While I was little we were told that we shouldn't point our fingers at rainbow, that our finger could fold, I never believed that one though.
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Things happening over and over again mean more than a coincidence. So when you delay after hitting the left leg, does it appear to be a safer approach or does the bad still happens some time?
Thanks for sharing your story !LADY
Yeah, it's safer when I delay the outing, and if the place is avoidable I simply stay put and make the outing some other time.
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Many superstition stories we were being told then. "Like dont look at your shadow at night or you will have a bad dream". π Well i dont joke with me dreams even though i joke with the rest. Thank you for sharing your thought π on this ma'am π.
Yeah, the shadow part I forgot lol π
I believe paying attention to our dreams is important.
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Whenever I have unpleasant dreams, I pray about them because I also dream dreams that come true
That is just the best step to take, may God keep bad occurrence far from us.
Amen
It's fascinating how those traditional superstitions and omens have manifested so personally for you, @funshee70, especially the distinction between hitting your left versus right toe...Regarding dreams, I do the same way as you, because for me, these could probably signs from the universe π
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