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Choose Your Phobia!

Phobias. Everyone has something. Was it a childhood scare? Idea planted by a movie (Psycho!)? Ghost stories around a camp fire? Once planted, fear can be hard to shake. Phobias come in all shapes and sizes. Disney and Sesame Street have done a lot to alleviate some childhood fears . . . monsters are now friends, what lives under the bed or in the closet now make kids laugh. As an adult, reality is more difficult. Sweet things fade and time magnifies insecurities.

Shining a light onto some phobias could lighten them into comedy, or turn them to just a distraction. Maybe you can pick a new phobia . . . banning meanness, diverting the misunderstood, creating a new found quiet smile. A different spin on Elvis, colors or animals makes them just another image.

As Rod Serling (Mr. Twilight Zone) said, it’s all in the mind. Thinking, or maybe over-thinking, makes things seem like reality. But Mark Twain said “Against the assault of Laughter nothing can stand.”

Choose Your Phobia!

Ever since my parents crashed at Roswell, they haven't stopped talking about it. I have 37 sisters. Let's see . . . art all my life, comedy is king, say nice things. Singer of funny songs, a lifetime of travel -- and the world still surprises me. I sometimes teach things to others, and I'm ALWAYS learning something. Always follow the teachings of The Beatles -- And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make.

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