The Midas Touch

I know this particular entry of mine is going to sound superbly self-centred and i'm going to come off as a conceited and self-indulgent little bitch. But, to hell with it, every once in a while it's Good to be Bad. That sounds like the lyrics to some song.
Ok anyway, lets get back to the topic, you know some people are born with a silver spoon. I am not really one of those people but I guess I might qualify for a copper or maybe even a bronze spoon considering I'm from India. But the one thing I do have is an ability to bring prosperity wherever I go. I have the Midas Touch.

I live in a country full of superstitions and superstitious people. Despite being well-educated, I still believe in the concept of the higher power, that there are certain laws of this universe which will never change and which govern many of the things we do and experience in life.

Many years ago, I happened to visit an astrologist who told me that I had a lot of prosperity in my hands. He said I would bring prosperity to my family members as well as my friends and basically anyone who was close to me. Of course, he didnt mention if I would bring any luck to myself.

Maybe for this very reason, various members of my family have invested a lot of money under my name. Or maybe, they are just trying to save tax... I dont know. But I think the astrologist may have just been right. I think maybe I do have some kind of a gift. There's this friend of mine who was just an average guy working in his family business. After we had been friends for about a year, he finally started his own business. He said, that he had been thinking about starting his own business for the longest time but somehow never pushed himself into doing it.

Thats not all... There's also this other thing that happens to me all the time. I walk into an empty shop... cud be a restaurant, a clothes store, a shopping centre, anything... with in minutes the place will be filled with people. If this was something that happened once in a while I would dismiss it as coincidence. But this happens everytime, like 9 out of 10 times... It's uncanny. I think the store-owners should give me some kind of commission for doing this for them time and again.

Wouldn't it be great if I actually had some super-power like that. There are so many people I meet in this world who deserve so much more then they get from life. Maybe I could help out a little.