Isidore, O Isidore

St. Isidore statue quoting Tolkein

It's one thing to send chain-emails to friends promising good luck if the friends forward the emails on. It's quite another thing to threaten bad luck if the friends delete the emails. In fact, it's a really shoddy. Even people who are free of "magical thinking" understand how ill-wishers can drag their spirits down.

Today, I've got something for everyone. If you just want something to clear the virtual stench of email bullying, say and/or think this:

I absorb the good.
I deflect the bad.
I make my own luck.

Then, delete the email.

If you want a saint to intercede on your behalf, call upon St. Isidore, the top nominee for the patron saint of the internet. Personally, I'd prefer someone who wasn't notorious for converting Jews to Christians by force. No one said saints were perfect, but still: yuck. This is why I prefer many of the apocryphal saints. They've got less historical baggage.

Anyway, here is a little rhyming prayer for St. Isidore's intercession in the realm of negative emails only:

Isidore, O Isidore,
Please, without fail,
Be our guide forevermore:
Banish this email.

Then, delete the email.