“You bite your nails? It’s a bad habit. People always tell
you that the eyes are the windows to the soul. Bullshit, it’s your hands, that’s
the sign of a gentleman.”
-Quote from Lustig (Robert De Niro) in Great Expectations
(the movie)
These days I see everybody rocking nail art. You know
cheetah prints, polka dots, multicolors and little tuxedos on the fingertips.
It’s manicures on steroids. Regrettably, my haphazard fingernails are cursed
with two afflictions:
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One, I’m a nail biter. . Not only do I bite my
nails but I also torment my cuticles by picking at them until they hurt. Gross,
I know. It’s obvious that I am an anxious person who takes my stress out on my
hands.
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Two, you would think I could combat my bad habit
with pretty painted nails. Nope! I can’t even paint my nails with one color let
alone two and then top it off with a fun little design. I know once I get stressed or bored I’ll tear the nail polish off and start
torturing my hands, again.
Palmistry
experts say the hands provide the most revealing insights into a person’s
character. It indicates their age, occupation and even their future. Whether
you or I like it or not, our hands say something about who we are. A great Sherlock
Holmes quote states, “By a person’s fingernails…by the callosities of his
forefinger and thumb…by each of these things an individuals' calling is
revealed.”
So
what do all these finely decorated well-manicured fingertips say?
