10 things scarier than Friday the 13th

Fear induced by superstition has its own place in our lives. But there are few things that can be scarier than a black cat crossing your path on friday the 13th :)

As kids, we have experienced many such gross moments, as we grew up the events changed, but fear in different forms, surely remained.

Here is my list of top 10 things scarier than Friday the 13th:

#10: Birthdays!!! A joy when we are young, a terror as we cross 40!

Well, the increasing number of candles on the cake surely make birthdays scary. 

(I know for sure, I am growing younger by the day. So, Who was the smart alec who invented the idea of having candles on the cake? Lets find him and make his candle burn on both ends!!)

#9: My friend Johann shared that having lived in a joint family, the scariest thing is being 
home alone and hearing that freaky sound of the squeaky door or the consistent slow,  one drop at a time sound  from the tap, echoing in the middle of the silent night, that makes your imagination support the existence of an unidentified presence and inspires you to scream for help.

(Reality is surely different from what we see in the Movie 'Home Alone'. I want my family back here, right now).

#8: 8th place goes to a incident shared by my dear friend Anisha. She woke up one night to find a snake on her leg. She started screaming and her entire family gathered around, all screaming and not knowing what to do. Then her kid brother stepped forward and took the rubber snake off her leg. 

As kids, we have all had our moments, when we almost died of fear because we thought the fake cockroach or lizard or snake was going to kill us. Well, we surely came out alive and manage to laugh about the incident today.

#7: A strict diet, regular walks, a tight regime and then the scariest thing in this world is staring at the weighing scale as it crosses the forbidden numbers. 

(My weighing scale vehemently disqualifies all compliments from my friends about my weight loss. Wonder if there is a psychologist in this world for correcting the weighing scales attitudinal problems)

#6: I enjoy hosting events. Love cooking food and churning out delicacies; However, the scariest thing on an eventful day is seeing my house maids cell number beeping on my mobile. The worst fear undoubtedly is that she's called to say that she cannot make it to work!!

(I Solemnly Thank God for creating Social events and House maids and a back up in the form of Husbands and Dishwasher machines)

#5: Snuggling sound below my berth in the train. I move my bag a little to be looking straight into the eyes of a innocent looking mouse…. uuugggggghhhhh…

(Ok! I am an ardent devotee of Lord Ganesha, but I am surely not impressed by his vehicle 'the mouse' spying over me like this)

#4: Getting stuck in a closed door elevator, in a run down building, fearing that reduction in oxygen levels could kill, wondering if anyone will ever know that I am there inside the lift or would I pass out in anonymity, waiting to hear that one voice on the other side to say that they are working on getting me out, these few moments of anxiety, hold 4th place in my list.

#3: On a plane from New Delhi to Jammu, our plane circled in mid air, with no clearance to land thanks to turbulent weather and rains. Undoubtedly the most scary 35 mins of my life.

(The pilot will surely go to heaven. He was more successful than any priest in this world, at getting all passengers to chant God's name)

#2: The second most scary incident was shared by my friend, Ashish, who witnessed an  happening outside a horror house in Malaysia. An Indian family went in, one at a time, for a ride in the horror house; the husband, followed by the child and then the wife.

    As luck would have it, when the wife went in, the ride got stuck, bad luck and malfunction, and she stayed in the horror house for 4-5 minutes.

This surely holds the second place in my list.

#1: The MOST SCARY moment award, however, would go to the husband who was waiting outside the Horror house for his wife, who was stuck inside.

The wife went through only few moments of fear, but the poor oppressed husband had to bear the horror of this event (and also the unjust blame) for many years to come!!

I would definitely not want to be in his shoes, ever.

Message for the Week:

Nick Vujicic, is an Australian motivational speaker born with tetra-amelia syndrome, a rare disorder characterised by the absence of all four limbs. He believes that Fear is a  bigger disability than having no arms and legs.  Quoting Nick "Fear is False Evidence Appearing Real." 

Living in Fear or Facing Fear is a Choice.

Make your choice today and do any one thing that you have so far been scared to do. 

Have an empowering day and a courageous life.

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