You Can't Script October

My college campus has a magic statue, it’s a long standing tradition for students to rub its nose for good luck. My friend really believed in the statue’s power and insisted on visiting it before every exam. Studying, might have been a better idea – she flunked out her sophomore year.

But the fact is, we all have little superstitious things we do. If its not believing in magic statues, its avoiding sidewalk cracks or always putting our left shoe on first.

Knock on wood

Step on a crack-break your mother’s back.

The last thing we want to do – is offend "the gods".

Superstition lies in the space between what we can control, and what we can’t.

Find a penny, pick it up, and all day long you’ll have good luck. No one wants to pass up a good chance for good luck, but is anyone listening?

And if no one is listening, why do we bother to do those strange things at all?

We rely on superstition because we are smart enough to know that we don’t have all the answers… and that life works in mysterious ways.

October is, by far, my favorite month... for countless reasons really, but mainly because all the things that I love about the month are unpredictable.

I enjoy the arbitrariness of the weather that comes with the season of fall: the warm days, crisp nights. I love Love LOVE Halloween!, and we all know how erratic that can be...

When in America, I frequent The Apple Barn where you can find unsurpassed apple cider, caramel dipped apples, pumpkins, and all the finest Halloween decorations.

And most of all - The World Series. There is nothing more fickle than The World Series... and as the saying goes, "You can't script October!"