In the waning weeks of October, a somber shroud of spookiness envelops the land. Ghastly phantoms and ghostly goblins stir amid the crumbling leaves and the whispering chill of the autumn breeze. In the shadows of the Long Island Expressway, do I see a headless horseman?
Welcome to Halloween, the season of spookiness. It’s a time when many souls, including myself, seek thrills that linger in the dark corners of the world and the mind. We visit haunted houses, wander (with the hopes of not getting lost) through corn mazes, and lose ourselves in tales spun from the fabric of fear.
I’m always amazed at how spooky things bring people and communities together. Sure, jump scares and ghost stories can make us feel anxious, but there is value in experiencing them with friends, families, and strangers. It’s fun and it strengthens our bonds with other people.
Why, then, do we generally avoid scary things outside of Halloween? Perhaps the holiday is trying to tell us something about our relationship with fear itself. Maybe we need to think about confronting our fears more aggressively in the 364 other days of the year.
In the waning weeks of October, a somber shroud of spookiness envelops the land. Ghastly phantoms and ghostly goblins stir amid the crumbling leaves and the whispering chill of the autumn breeze. In the shadows of the Long Island Expressway, do I see a headless horseman?
Welcome to Halloween, the season of spookiness. It’s a time when many souls, including myself, seek thrills that linger in the dark corners of the world and the mind. We visit haunted houses, wander (with the hopes of not getting lost) through corn mazes, and lose ourselves in tales spun from the fabric of fear.
I’m always amazed at how spooky things bring people and communities together. Sure, jump scares and ghost stories can make us feel anxious, but there is value in experiencing them with friends, families, and strangers. It’s fun and it strengthens our bonds with other people.
Why, then, do we generally avoid scary things outside of Halloween? Perhaps the holiday is trying to tell us something about our relationship with fear itself. Maybe we need to think about confronting our fears more aggressively in the 364 other days of the year.
In the waning weeks of October, a somber shroud of spookiness envelops the land. Ghastly phantoms and ghostly goblins stir amid the crumbling leaves and the whispering chill of the autumn breeze. In the shadows of the Long Island Expressway, do I see a headless horseman?
Welcome to Halloween, the season of spookiness. It’s a time when many souls, including myself, seek thrills that linger in the dark corners of the world and the mind. We visit haunted houses, wander (with the hopes of not getting lost) through corn mazes, and lose ourselves in tales spun from the fabric of fear.
I’m always amazed at how spooky things bring people and communities together. Sure, jump scares and ghost stories can make us feel anxious, but there is value in experiencing them with friends, families, and strangers. It’s fun and it strengthens our bonds with other people.
Why, then, do we generally avoid scary things outside of Halloween? Perhaps the holiday is trying to tell us something about our relationship with fear itself. Maybe we need to think about confronting our fears more aggressively in the 364 other days of the year.
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