FORWARD THIS OR…..

1. You’ll have bad luck for X number of years
2. You won’t have any money for “__” period.
3. You’ll never find love in life
4. You will have “_” and “_” and “__” happening to you in the next (time range can be anywhere from next 36 seconds to 10 years!!)
5. You will die.

Sounds familiar? I am referring to the chain mails and messages that land in your in box (and who hasn’t been a victim of one of these!).

Mails and messages that come up with stories ranging from needing money to prayers to horror stories to what ever that can play on your emotions and if you don’t…..

The operative words here are if you don’t…

I hate, abhor, detest, dislike, can’t bear, can’t stand, loathe, and despise chain mails. And these words aren’t enough to describe how I feel about them, especially the ones that speak of bad things happening to you “if you don’t.”

Even worse is when they come from people I’ve known for ages, who do know that passing it on will cause as much irritation/anxiety/negativity to the person receiving it.

So what is it that makes people get the mails forward this to their friends? – Blind superstition? (We have a lot of those going around)
Why leave anything to chance? (Oh come on, shit happens, life goes on anyways)
Hope that if I do, I may get something? (Yeah right!),
For Fun? (GET A LIFE!!)
Fear….? (methinks this is the basis for a lot of those mails).

Whatever is the reason, when people I know send such stuff, to me it translates into just one thing

“I do not value you as a person.”

And that’s not a pleasant feeling.

Earlier, I used to get upset, rage at the person sending it, feel shifts in my mood once I read them and experience a wide range of emotions – none of them productive.

Today I deal with it better. Whenever I get a chain mail or message, I just send one right back saying,

If you send anymore chain mails or messages to me, you will be cursed with “___” (add curse here and boy! Have I been creative with the curses I’ve sent back.;)

Result? No more chain mails or messages:) and peace and goodwill on earth (that is until the next chain mail/message from someone else).

Note to readers: Anything you want to comment on this, you are most welcome. Just don’t ask me to pass them on or else...:)