Bad Luck
A man told his landlord about how anxious he was feeling.
His landlord said, “I know why you are feeling anxious. You left the door open to your house some time back. A dog entered and hid a bad luck charm in your home. Once you find the bad luck charm and remove it, you will not be anxious anymore.”
The man searched the living room and found a piece of a rock. He asked his landlord, “Could this be the bad luck charm?”
“It could be,” the landlord replied. “You should get rid of it.” So the man removed the rock and felt better for a while, but his anxiety returned. Therefore, he inquired of his landlord again.
“He may have dropped off more than one bad luck charm,” his landlord offered. “Once you find the others and remove them, all will go well for you.”
Eventually, the man removed everything from his home that appeared suspect to his landlord. Yet he still felt anxious.
“It must be the items the bad luck charms came in contact with that are still causing your anxiety,” the landlord concluded.