Choosing Goosebumps

What silly photographer forgot to move her finger
out of the way of the camera?

It is fun to choose to experience fear; and that is what the boys and I did at Fernbank's new Science of Fear exhibit.

You can choose to put your finger in a machine and receive an electric shock (No, thank you!) or put your hand in dark holes beneath a spider or snake's cage.  You can choose to be strapped in a contraption that will allow you to safely but suddenly fall several feet (Fun!) and you can learn about how the body responds to fear. We had a fine time and enjoyed the bonus exhibits in the lobby about brain science and phobias.

At one point, Denver got separated from us.  I saw him walking fast, head swiveling right to left, eyes wide.  It was only a few seconds before he saw me waving and his whole body relaxed.  Immediately, he became angry.  We had walked away from him without his noticing. That was fear he hadn't chosen!


Watching Denver reminded me of the importance of choice and its effect on our happiness.