Belief in Good Day

I was grown-up in an orthodox Hindu family in India. My father is a great devotee of God. He always believes that the things, good or bad, happen around us is undeniably due to God's influence. He follows the notion of good day to start any work, assuming that good days bring fortune to us than bad days. Recently, I asked myself, "Why do many people, like my father, believe in good days?". One reason could be: this belief may protect us from becoming slaves to our reactive/impulsive self. To expand, we want to start something today, but today is a bad day, and have to wait for a good day to start. Can we use this waiting as a time to contemplate on the work we are planning to start? Perhaps, this contemplation allows us to foresee the problems that would arise, and gives us time to correct. Many people might have seen benefit of waiting for the good day; thus leading to such belief.

On a second thought, will procrastinating things for good day is good for every situation? Probably, No! Some emergency situations require quick action.

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