Smell My Feet

It's that time of year again. How can you not love a holiday that involves getting dressed up and eating chocolate? She was telling us about her dad who passed away several years ago, and how much he loved Halloween. When she was little, he took her trick or treating. And once she was all grown up, he did the trick or treating himself. He and two of his buddies would get in costume and walk their neighborhood every Halloween night with their glasses in hand, hoping that the neighbors would pour an adult beverage in there. Now this was a man who knew how to have fun.

I wonder what the guys might have said? Something like, "Trick or treat, don't be a fink, give me something good to drink," or "Trick or treat, have no fear, all I want is a cold beer..."

Happy Halloween!

Susan

Hide and Seek

"We are so accustomed to disguise ourselves to others, that in the end, we become disguised to ourselves." Francois de la Rochefoucauld

A friend posted this thought-provoking quote in his Facebook status, and it fits in very well with this time of year. Halloween will soon be here, a time for masks and costumes. When I was trick or treating as a child, I was delighted when a neighbor didn't know who I was (or pretended not to know.) It meant my costume was very clever.

Some of us have become masters of disguise, hiding our true selves, thoughts, feelings and emotions. We wear the mask for so long that we don't even know who we are anymore. There is great freedom in allowing ourselves to become vulnerable enough that we simply live each day being exactly who we are, nothing more and nothing less.

Susan