The last days of 2013. It’s always in these days we just do
the counting’s of an year. How many good days? Which all days went wrong? The
people I met, the one’s I lost. The stupid things I did and like that the list
goes on… And by December 31st we reach to a new resolution for the
New Year, which most of us won’t practice for more than the first few weeks of
January!
Here goes 2013. This one is for you.
Even though the days and nights still continues with the
same duration, weeks and months passed too quickly. Before realizing its 2013, coldest
and Newer January was over and February was on my door step with Valentine’s
Day. Hottest March, Happiest April,
Holidaying May, Life is not so easy June, Rainy July, Winding up August, Jobber
September, Working October, Interning November and the Busiest December. In
total, 2013, you were a fast moving year.
2013, the year was first discussed by the number present in
it- 13. The number’13’ is believed to be the unlucky number. The search for the
story of number ‘13’ started when I noticed that hospitals run by Christian
missionaries don’t have a room number with the number plate ‘13’. The first
answer I got for my query regarding ‘13’ is that it is the unlucky number. And
that answer was followed by some king’s name. Someone else told me the story of
Jesus Christ’s Last Supper and told me that’s why people believe ‘13’ is
unlucky. I still wonder do all these stories give us a strong base to believe
that the number ‘13’ brings us unhappiness.
Have you ever checked what all specialties this number
posses? I noted the first wonder of ‘13’, when I was in tenth standard. I still
remember how our class teacher wrote it in our board and we continuously shouted
‘13’ and ‘B’. That was my first fascination for the number ‘13’, or for the
numerals ‘1’ and ‘3‘. When the numbers 0 to 12, have their own names, the
number ‘13’ comes with a compound name (Its name is a compound name of three
and ten). The next fact about ‘13’ comes in writing. When the digits 0 to 12
are written as numerals, from 13 we need to spell it out (we can’t use ‘13’ in
writing; instead we should use ‘thirteen’).
So with all these, obviously the number ‘13’ is a special
number. Isn't it? What about the year 2013? Was it special for you? Or as our
elders believe was this year unlucky for you? I didn't know what all had happened
to the billions of the people in this world in 2013. And I hope nothing had
gone wrong for anyone in this year. A number can’t never change your fate and can’t
never bring you luck. What all happens in our life it have a purpose and believe
in yourself and your god. Then you will believe Everything Happens for a
Reason.
