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Your mantra for the week: “I am one with God and all is well.”
The year of the Fire Monkey may be an unbalanced one with many important luck elements missing, but there are other indications that could be tapped to make it a better year for those who are not so endowed with auspicious luck.
The world has never been the same after Sept. 11, 2001—the day when a series of synchronized terrorist attacks aimed at America’s famous landmarks claimed the lives of 2,966 people. Then again, on Aug. 23, 2010, the world witnessed the siege on a hijacked bus in Manila, filled with Hong Kong tourists who were taken hostage by a former policeman.
Your mantra for the week: “Every person I meet is a potential channel of my good.”
Your mantra for the week: “I love money and money loves me in return.”
On Aug. 13,1990, I became, to Carlo, a first-time grandmother—Mamita. In that golden moment, all the ghostly aspects surrounding both the month of August and the number 13 lost their dreaded power to cause me harm or spook my luck.
Although August is known as the dreary “ghost” month, these past weeks have been among the most exciting for beauty.
August is when the “gates of hell” open to unleash legions of hungry ghosts in this world, if one were to heed the Chinese belief system. August, the ghost month, comes with warnings of gloomy uncertainties and tragedies.
