I love Halloween. It’s giving Thanksgiving a run for it’s money as my favorite holiday. There are two main reasons. 1) I can wear a jump suit. 2) I love seeing everyone act completely different for an entire day.
It’s so much fun to slip into a different personality when everyone is so accepting of it. This transformation is obviously temporary, but I see a good lesson. What if every day, you woke up with a vision of the person (character) you wanted to be. Just like on Halloween you could do a pretty good job of acting like that person. It wouldn’t be perfect. But then again, if you did this every day, you would eventually get a lot better at it. And before you know it, you’ve become the person you really wanted to be.
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Katie says:
November 1, 2010 at 1:01 pm (UTC 0)
Are you trying to tell me to crimp my hair more often?
Jason says:
November 1, 2010 at 1:05 pm (UTC 0)
That’s exactly what I’m saying!
Coach Ken says:
November 1, 2010 at 3:27 pm (UTC 0)
What a great reframe Jason! Halloween certainly supports people to take risks without much to lose and thus helps a good costume wearer bypass resistance to change. We should all dress up more often.
Jason says:
November 2, 2010 at 11:36 am (UTC 0)
Thanks Ken!
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