ghosts

Halloween Article from Boston.com

in the spirit of halloween i thought i'd post that little tid-bit.

i definitely believe in ghosts, i believe people can see them, some people can communicate with them, most of them are harmless, etc. but i kind of don't understand why catholics are expected to be in that percentage. is it because we also believe in exorcisms and demons? it must be. i don't believe in aliens, or flying saucers, or anything that happened in that crazy town in new mexico...roswell. i think it's really interesting that there's such a subculture that is devoted to it though, and convinced of government cover ups, that part alone fascinates me. i'd kind of like to go there sometime just to check it out. but i don't believe in luck, i don't believe in superstition. i would walk under a ladder 800 times in a house with an open umbrella with a black cat and think nothing of it. my neighbors had a black cat when i was a kid, and i don't think i've ever been what would be considered unlucky. i think i did pretty well for myself. i think i subscribe to the idea that if you truly believe you'll contract bad luck for doing certain things, then you will see things in that light, it's mind over matter. unless you see a ghost and then that's real.