"All I want's a friend."
Casper
Casper
1995
I heard a saying the other day and thought, hmmm.. how do I take this. The saying was "It's not good to chase ghosts". At first I was like... hmmm, is that with regards to fear and the unknown and speculation? Or is that in regards to irrational, non-existent, and invincible thought?
I immediately thought of the movie Casper. I saw this movie with my dad like twelve times at the dollar theater when I was growing up. Yet, never in my wildest dreams thought I'd be talking about it today.
Casper was a ghost with unfinished business. I think about some unfinished business I have, some unfinished interpretations of people and their intentions. I think about times when you wish you could have said something better, instead of saying nothing or too much at all. I question whether or not saying anything to suffice silence is like talking to ghosts. The speak is just an invincible thought.
I thought, if you can see right through people that are not your reality, is there an alter reality present to even begin with? Are people ultimately chasing non-existent realities?
Two ways I can look at this. One, realize that you can't ultimately ever know what someone is thinking or their true intentions are; because they can be afraid of themselves just as well. Two, people need to feel alive and chase the unknown because ultimately not knowing is sometimes better than knowing, and a ghost may just be hypothetical.
Maybe, just maybe I have over thought this statement. Perhaps I am too young or naive to understand it. But, if you have seen someone for their reality and their existence and they become detached from you, are you ultimately waiting for their ghost to appear to answer your questions?
One minute I face my fears, the next I chase a ghost to make sense out of an escape I thought existed.
After much thought and of course analysis I realized that a ghost is just a thought. A ghost is something you can only imagine or think you can see when nothing else seems to be in front of you. A ghost can be a friend, a ghost can explain the strange noises in the night, but... realistically a ghost is hypothetical to circumstances, and you can easily run right through it because it will never be who or what you thought it was.
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Dear Reader... Casper was so cute.. ghostly and all ;-). Loved when he transformed at the end, even though it was temporary.