Compassion begins, I believe, with totally believing that what others experience, can also be our experience, were it not for some twists of fate and Someone or Something, watching over us.

Even today many people believe that some misfortune will happen to them if a black cat cross their path. This superstition stems from thousands of years ago.

Wealth should not be considered as a panacea for some of the ills that human beings suffer, nor could it save us from certain circumstances beyond our control.

Beyonce’s embarrassing shot never fails to make me smile.

Different countries have different beliefs and superstitions. Here are twenty of the superstitions in the Philippines:

“I looked in the mirror and what did I see…”
What does one see when one looks in a mirror? Is it merely as the song says “…A nine stone weakling with knobbly knees…” Or is there more to be seen in a mirror than one’s own reflection?
Mirrors have a certain mystique about them, which gives rise to beliefs, magic, myths, legends and superstitions.
Amongst many things they have been seen as a “tool of the devil”, a “catcher” of the soul, a harbinger of things to come, a portal to another dimension and a source of bad luck.
But what are these beliefs myths and superstitions and where do they come from?