I love this movie!
The whole movie is fabulously illustrated. The story lines carry the basic premises that we should not be afraid of something just because it is unfamiliar and that laughter is more powerful than fear. There are good lessons there.
In addition to good lessons there are some fabulous characters, including a little girl named "Boo" – not her real name, but in a movie about scaring children, when asked her name the little girl, in keeping with the theme, said "boo!", and then giggled; refusing or forgetting to be scared. Boo has two jaunty pigtails on the top of her head. Occasionally, when I am behaving like the strange human that I am, the beast will look at me curiously and her ears will perk up then cock out to the sides. I tell her she has "boo-ears" when I get that look.
Even when I am behaving strangely, the beast, like Boo, refuses to be scared.
Which isn't to say that there are not things that do scare her. She doesn't like loud noises, or the toenail grinder, or the rustling of grocery bags or walking on pergo floors.
It is a pretty short list, and I am grateful for that. I would not wish for her to live her life in fear. Still, I wish she was more afraid of moving vehicles or the bad mood of mine that comes from her eating my shoes. A little fear in life is healthy; lifesaving perhaps.
And fear is normal. I think we all have a few monsters hiding in our closets.
I was talking with a friend of mine the other day. She had just had one of those long and hard discussions with a loved one about health concerns. I've had those discussions, too, and I can empathize with how hard they can be and how much they reflect and rouse our own fears.
She confessed, as healthy as she is right now, that one of her biggest fears was that she could have a heart attack and die.
I confessed that my fear is that I won't.
Different monster…but we all have them.
Having only met my own, I don't know how to tame all of those monsters. It does occur to me, though, that there are a limited number of approaches available to us; turn and introduce ourselves to them face-to-face; decide not to deal with them and put them out of our minds; or turn every light on in the room, sit with our backs pressed against the headboard and stare at the closet door all night.
The approach you may take might depend on the monster.
For me, the fear of not having a massive heart attack is not something I can control, so, for most days, I simply put those thoughts out of my mind. For other things like my personal safety, I choose, like making introductions, to make myself aware of the crime in my area. Because I have familiarized myself with the risks where I live, I can take what I think are reasonable precautions. For other fears, like when the beast was throwing up blood, I chose to have her stay at the clinic overnight and have more testing. It was a tense and sleepless night spent watching the closet door, although, as it turns out, it was nothing.
Other folks might take different approaches to each of these potential monsters. More important than the approach we take, though, is not to let the monster choose for us, or at least to limit the number of monsters that are allowed to keep us up, standing vigil, all night. Share this:Want to share this post? Share Facebook Email Digg StumbleUpon Reddit
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