Luck

I remember I was 14 and I was going to school. It was a rainy day in Napoli and I had to refugee in a church to avoid getting completely wet. When I entered the church I found a playing card on a bench: it was a seven of coins (in Italy we call it “settebello”, which means “beautiful seven”).

It was a Neapolitan playing card produced by Modiano, beautifully crafted and clearly very old, since its deck had a very particular design. As much as I tried, I couldn’t take my eyes off of it and I was surprised to find such an item in a church.

Then I realized it had been probably left there by some guy who decided to quit playing cards. I picked it without hesitation and I put it inside my pocket. Starting from that moment, it has become some kind of a protection to me. I remember that one day a guy stole my purse (where I used to keep it) at school and I thought I had lost it forever. But that didn’t happen.

After two months my friend found the purse in a huge container filled with water and guess what: the card was still intact. All the beautiful things in my life are somehow associated with the number 7. Want an example? Last year I graduated on December 7th, I was the 7th on the list and I got 7 points by the board of examiners. Maybe it’s just a casuality, but I think that there is a logic in everything. So, in my case my luck charm also contains my lucky number.

What about you? Do you have any?