{"id":49814,"date":"2026-02-13T04:14:47","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T04:14:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=49814"},"modified":"2026-02-13T04:14:47","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T04:14:47","slug":"when-luck-fails-love-prevails","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2026\/02\/13\/when-luck-fails-love-prevails\/","title":{"rendered":"When luck fails, love prevails"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p><h2>Even on ominous Friday the 13th, small acts of love and care remind us that connection conquers superstition.<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>If you\u2019re not staying in bed today \u2013 the safest place to be, according to some \u2013 on this ominous Friday the 13th, then avoid walking under ladders or spooking black cats. <\/p>\n<p>You could always toss a pinch of salt over your shoulder\u2026 which, say some cynics, is about what this superstitious mumbo-jumbo deserves. <\/p>\n<p>And yet\u2026 there are a few instances where calamities and tragedies have happened on Friday the 13th. <\/p>\n<p>The Costa Concordia cruise ship capsized on Friday, 13 January, 2012, leaving 32 people dead and thousands evacuated off the Italian coast. <\/p>\n<p>Rap star Tupac Shakur died on Friday the 13th in September, 1996, after being shot earlier. <\/p>\n<p><strong>ALSO READ:<\/strong> <strong>Everyone earned man of the match in Proteas thriller<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On the positive side, though, if you get through today, you\u2019ve got tomorrow to look forward to. <\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t tell us you forgot it\u2019s Valentine\u2019s Day\u2026 what happened to your romantic soul? <\/p>\n<p>You don\u2019t have to \u2013 as we report today \u2013 fly to Paris to make an expensive proposal. <\/p>\n<p>You don\u2019t even have to propose. <\/p>\n<p>You don\u2019t even have to say those incomparable little three words. <\/p>\n<p><strong>ALSO READ:<\/strong> <strong>Trump\u2019s trade bullying may cost US loyalty<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You just have to let someone know you care. <\/p>\n<p>And that you\u2019re there \u2013 physically or emotionally, or both. <\/p>\n<p>The world needs love because, as the song says, there\u2019s just too little of it.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>Support Local Journalism<\/h3>\n<p>Add The Citizen as a Preferred Source on Google and follow us on Google News to see more of our trusted reporting in Google News and Top Stories.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#luck #fails #love #prevails<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Even on ominous Friday the 13th, small acts of love and care remind us that connection conquers superstition. 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