“I’ve learned that fear limits you and your vision. It serves as blinders to what may be just a few steps down the road for you. The journey is valuable, but believing in your talents, your abilities, and your self-worth can empower you to walk down an even brighter path. Transforming fear into freedom – how great is that?” -Soledad O’Brien

Happy Halloween (tomorrow) friends!

I really like Halloween. I don’t go crazy. I don’t decorate my house with spider webs, ghouls and goblins like some of my friends. I don’t even like horror films. And the thought of going to a haunted house where a guy with ketchup oozing down his chest and a rubber knife in his skull jumps out at me from behind a bush? Well, that would give me nightmares.

(If you’re on my newsletter list, enjoy a peek tomorrow into some of the haunted houses we did NOT visit on our trip back to Florida at the month’s beginning.)

Despite that, I do appreciate a holiday that opens the creaky door of my psyche to the boogeyman. There’s so much to be afraid of in our lives and in our world, both rational and irrational. The big bogeyman for me is the Grim Reaper, and I’m taking good care of myself to try to keep him at arm’s length as long as possible. Sadly, right behind the guy with the scythe is a long line of ghouls. Think of your personal demons and fiends. Mine include terrorists, heartless politicians, and major tragedies. Hurricanes and fires that turn people’s lives upside down? Those will terrify me.

We definitely need a day in the year when we can all scream at top volume, “I’M SCARED TO DEATH!”

One day. Then the next? Since fear limits you, it’s time to continue the journey of transforming fear into freedom.

For now? Ready . . . set. . .BOO!