SOL7; illuminate mind, body, soul.

We tend to fear the dark. Perhaps, it's the learned phobia forced into us via television, film, and quintessential campfire ghost stories being tw isted, turned, and passed around for entertainment and the purpose of pure terror. As humans, we have a natural instinct to fear the unknown. Socially, we often take it a step further and judge, criticize, and reject all things that we do not understand. We are taught at a young age to gasp in horror when we are alone and the lights flicker, a door closes, or an object slides across the room. If you were programmed "correctly" than just by reading this could send shivers down your spine and coat your arms in goosebumps. Now imagine a sunny afternoon at the park. A stranger sits down next to you on the park bench and joins you in random, but pleasant conversation. A soul reaching out to you for comfort, companionship, and just simple attention. Funny, how both these stories are so much alike, yet we separate them like nigh