I don’t mind anymore when people say, after I tell them I have a job interview, “Good Luck, I’ve got my fingers crossed” or “We are praying for your success!”
I don’t take them too literally. Anymore.
Yet part of me wishes luck or prayer could be the deciding factor.
But when they say “Ah well, maybe next time, try again” or “Maybe it wasn’t meant to be”, I feel like screaming.
It’s soul destroying enough to lose to an interview that failed its own process (topic for another conversation) – but their flippant words suggests that somehow luck and predetermination sit side by side.
Since prayer is the belief that a higher being is controlling the universe, how can any religious person not cringe at themselves when they wish me luck?
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