@prasad I don’t know how it works. I just know it does sometimes, and I don’t even believe in these things. I’m not only not Catholic but not even a Christian. I just know that when I have lost something and I say my little prayer to St. Anthony, the patron saint of lost things:
St. Anthony, St. Anthony
Please come around
Something is lost
And must be found
He comes through for me about 97% of the time, sometimes in some rather odd and miraculous ways.
Though I will admit, other saints have not been so obliging over the years. St. Anthony must just have a soft spot for me. :-)
I know any number of people will be more than willing and able to post a Wikipedia, etc. link that describes whatever cognitive bias it is that I am suffering from that makes me think my little prayer to St. Anthony actually works… but they have not been there all those times, so ‘eff ‘em. That’s what I say.