Palm reading

“With my right palm facing upwards on my leg, she takes a quick look—no contact at all—and asks me to think of two wishes, one that I am to tell her and another I am to keep to myself. I have never been the type to believe in mystics or psychics; they held as much credibility as astrology [...] So I give her the vaguest answer: “I wish I knew what my future was.” Almost immediately, Mrs. Lena tells me that I am going to have three children one day. It seems implausible [...] But then she launches into a detailed description of how my past relationship started, how it happened, and how it ended, among a number of other experiences and emotional states during those experiences.”

“This past summer, my friends and I decided one night while we were at the beach that we would go get our palms read on the boardwalk. I had always been curious every time I walked by a palm reader in the past, and now that my friends had agreed it would be a fun thing to do, I was genuinely excited to do it. Once my friends and I arrived at the palm reader, I immediately sat down and was told to give my name and age. After doing so, the palm reader began diving into the future of my life, and I completely believed it. The first thing she told me was that I would go into the medical field. This made me perk up since I’ve wanted to be a doctor since I was a little girl.”

“I am neither a skeptic nor a true believer when it comes to palmistry. I went into this reading with my mind open and unbiased, committed to no particular outcome. I simply wanted to learn more about the art of palm reading while having fun and trying something new. As a result, I was pleasantly surprised by the insights into my personality and behavior, without feeling like I had been ‘ripped off’ by not hearing the perfect future of my dreams. I definitely walked away from this experience with a deeper sense of myself, and confirmation of certain things I probably need to work on in order to better my life.”