Scary

Halloween is just around the corner. Its origin dates back over 2000 years. Its celebration in the United States is connected to the Irish Potato Famine when millions of Irish and Scots fled their homelands in search of a better life – bringing their “All Hallows” celebration with them.

The word scared did not enter our vocabulary until hundreds of years after Halloween. To be scared is to have a visceral response to what we perceive as a clear and present danger.

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Forgive

Recently I was watching a pivotal scene from the show Shrinking. A seventeen year old girl was confronting the man who had killed her mother in a drunk driving accident. As he was trying to explain himself and taking full responsibility for his actions, she interrupts him mid sentence and blurts out “I forgive you.” There is an incredible sense of longing in her eyes as she speaks.

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