From the time I can remember, I always felt different from my family. No matter how hard I tried, things never seemed to go my way. My siblings always succeeded in school, got promotions at work, and even their love lives seemed perfect.
As for me, I felt like a failure. I couldn’t keep a job, my relationships didn’t work out, and my family often asked, “Why can’t you be more like your brother?”
This became a joke in the family. Even my parents would shake their heads in disappointment. I tried many things to change my luck—therapy, going to church, moving to a new city—but nothing helped. Opportunities just didn’t come my way. I started to think maybe I really was cursed.
Then, during a family gathering, my cousin, whom I hadn’t seen in years, took me aside. He said, “I don’t know why, but I always felt something strange about you, like you’ve been carrying something heavy that doesn’t belong to you.”
He shared a scary story…. Continue Reading
