It's funny what we can find as scary... for some, it's snakes; others, it's clowns; others, still, spiders. Heck, I've got a few friends (even married ones) who are terrified of having children.
Fear is an interesting element of humanity, I think. We are often told not to be afraid of the dark. In films, especially the ones I remember from the eighties (no, I didn't see most of them when I was that young, but later), there was always this emphasis on overcoming fear, if only to defeat whatever supernatural creature was causing havoc. Freddy Kreuger, and his five-bladed hand, was defeated in his own dream world when the kids he haunted stood up to him. And how many stories have we read/watched/listened to where the ghost was diminished when everyone stopped believing in them?
On the 'Other Side,' though, fear is a good thing to have, I'd venture. A healthy fear of our parents has greatly benefited many of us through life (wish there was a little more of that, nowadays). Walking home in the dark, or during a thunder storm, or in the middle of the jungles of Africa... those all seem wise when fear is concerned. Being wary of your surroundings is a type of fear I think anyone could benefit from.
The world is a scary place. It's also a dark place, and the sooner we realize and accept this little fact, the sooner we can attend to making it a better place for those we are raising to take hold of this world next. I certainly don't endorse living in fear, but sometimes it's good to have on hand.
In this particular blog, I'm hoping a little bit of scariness can be fun. Not everything Posted here will be scary, but unfortunately I tend to write things I find funny, but others not so much...
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