Day 212- One At A Time

Today after work I went to the local dollar store to get glow sticks and Halloween themed cookie cutters for a few craft projects I want to do on the actual day of Halloween. I was able to get the glow sticks, but there was no longer any Halloween cookie cutters because ALL THE CHRISTMAS STUFF WAS OUT!! My first thought was, "Really!?" It isn't even the actual day of Halloween yet and minus a single row, there was no longer Halloween related items.

I guess I was shocked because not only was there was a limited amount of Halloween stuff, it was like they completely forgot about Thanksgiving. There is one more holiday between now and the  Christmas season. It just served as a reminder that as a whole we really have a hard time of just enjoying the moment. We seem to always been looking toward and planning for the future. Now don't get me wrong, I know it is important to have plans, visions, and goals for the future. We can't get to those moments though if we don't have some sort of focus in our present.

So instead of starting to worry about how you're going to spend the upcoming holiday season, if you'll have enough money to buy that special person an AMAZING gift, or anything else just try and get through Halloween first. Enjoy the excitement, magic, and fun that often comes along with this month's holiday. Otherwise you might miss something even more important than what's waiting for you in the future.


Day 212- Happy Halloween

Every wonder the meaning behind Halloween or how it started, read below.

Halloween or Hallowe'en (/ˌhæləˈwin, -oʊˈin, ˌhɒl-/; a contraction of "All Hallows'Evening"), also known as All Hallows' Eve,^[6] is a yearly celebration observed in a number of countries on October 31, the eve of the Western Christian feast ofAll Hallows' Day. It initiates the triduum of Hallowmas, the time in the liturgical year dedicated to remembering the dead, including saints (hallows), martyrs, and all the faithful departed believers.

According to many scholars, All Hallows' Eve is a Christianized feast initially influenced by Celtic harvest festivals, with possible pagan roots, particularly the Gaelic Samhain. Other academics maintain that it originated independently of Samhain and has solely Christian roots.^[12]

Typical festive Halloween activities include trick-or-treating (or the related "guising" or "trunk-or-treating"), attending costume parties, decorating, carvingpumpkins into jack-o'-lanterns, lighting bonfires, apple bobbing, visiting haunted attractions, playing pranks, telling scary stories, and watching horror films.