Dear Wisdom:

I used to think there is a significance in numbers and in the past I paid a lot of attention to numbers. I am still in the habit of noticing dates, for example this very morning I looked at today’s date: 2-10-2016. I looked at “210” the first three digits, then looked at the last three digits backward, from the 6 to the left: “102” and said to myself, “oh it is not the same as 201. I then asked what date would it be that the digits arranged that way would be the same and I answered myself: 1-02-2016.

If you didn’t follow my thinking about the numbers of today’s date, that is okay. It means nothing except for some Magical Thinking I used to have, that if the digits are a certain way, then today will be special, something good will happen, a new beginning… sort of like a guide. I was looking for a guide in the numbers.

I didn’t read about numerology in my life, I came up with it myself, as children come up with such things, such make believe things, it is called “magical thinking” characteristic of childhood. I carried it long after childhood and still have the tendency.

But no, there is no guide in numbers, no significance, nothing good about to happen because of digits or numbers. Not reality.

anita