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I belive in not ghost, but spirits
I believe in so many different things, it is hard to write about just one. I truly believe in ghosts. Wait let me rephrase that, I believe in spirits. The word ghost is a little to Halloween themed. Spirits are people like you and me that couldn’t find happiness before they died. They walk the earth with us to try and find that happiness, but for most it never comes.
As a spirit, I believe they communicate to you threw your dreams. I also believe they can come and talk to a child. Spirits can tell you what is going to come in the future, the good and the bad. They can also just want to have communication with a family member. Spirits could be very lonely if they have been alone for a long period time.
I also believe that not all spirits are friendly. Just like in real life, not everyone is good. I believe if a spirit is that unhappy or made unhappy by someone or something, they can retaliate and cause problems for people. They can play tricks, for example, spirits can mess with the lighting in a house or even turn the TV on.
Sometimes spirits just want to let you know that they are there, sometimes appearing in photographs or in a recording. In doing this, spirits don’t always come out as a faint figure, sometimes they show themselves as orbs.
Halloween has given spirits a bad name. People call them ghosts, and make them seem scary and mean.. They aren’t really, spirits are just curious to the world around them and how it is changing. On Halloween at midnight, I believe it is the weakest point in the door between the spirit word and our own. I believe this because every year, my grandma and my uncle come to visit late at night in my dreams. My uncle passed 6years ago and my grandmother about 11years. All they do is chat with me in my dreams.
If that doesn’t convince you, which it might not and I respect that, but this is my belief, my thoughts. This is what I believe.
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