Do You Believe?

I’m a skeptic. I always have been and I’m quite sure I always will be. I never believe anything unless it is proven by science. There are plenty of things I would like to be true: unicorns, ghosts, the Loch Ness monster, and aliens to name a few. But what I find most fascinating is what others’ choose to believe in. How does one find faith in the most unlikely of ideas? And how do you keep your faith when there are so many facts that seem to disprove that in which you believe?

Last year, I made my first visit to a psychic, which you can read about here. I was in Miami, the psychic sign decorated with zodiac signs and palms in a cracked window pane seemed to be calling my friend and I’s names and the timing was right. I got a palm reading and listened to the gypsy-esque older woman babble on about how I am a nice person with a good soul, I should’ve realized at that exact moment she was full of shit. But she continued on, telling me boyfriend would propose to me in 3 months (this was last August!) and that I would own my own business and have great success. I’ll admit I was hopeful, she told me nothing bad. She even told me I’d live to be 83…which would give me plenty of time to work on my bucket list. But I can no longer find her credible since not one of those items has happened.

I would love to believe in psychics having the ability to see into one’s future and help us to see our pathes in life a little clearer, but this is case and point why I don’t. I don’t believe in the vague horoscopes either. But it would be nice to know a month in advance what days are going to be “bad”… Just like I only read fortune cookies with the intention of adding “in bed” to the end of everything they say.

Just like I’m not out running around naked and spending all my money right now because some crazy person says the world is ending at 6PM, as much as I’d like to have an excuse to do so.

Do you believe in psychics or anything paranormal?