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Phrase: Come back to haunt you
Be careful what you do today because although there may not be any consequences now, the past, as they say, may come back to haunt you.
It’s Halloween, everyone, All Hallow’s Eve, the day when peasants traditionally dressed up in scary costumes to fool returning evil ghosts or spirits into thinking they were spirits too.
That way, the spirits would leave the people alone.
These days, people dress up just for the hell of it; it’s fun.
Personally, I don’t believe in ghosts or evil spirits.
I do think, though, that mistakes and bad decisions of the past can have future unforeseen consequences.
In other words, our past deeds may come back to haunt us.
It may be something as simple as not applying ourselves to our studies in school.
Then, when we decide we want to further our education, we discover our grades are not good enough to get into the university or college we would like.
Our past decisions come back to haunt us.
For others, it can be much more severe.
Think about young people who became involved with the police and justice system because of the poor choices they made.
Now, they have a criminal record.
Even though that may have been years or even decades ago, and they are now law-abiding citizens, their records can come back to haunt them when they want to advance their careers or travel overseas for work or pleasure.
Sometimes, it is best to let sleeping dogs lie.
We may even think that that part of our life is dead and gone, but things like that have an uncanny way of rising out of the grave of the past when we least expect it and coming back to haunt us.
I’ll leave you with a Halloween joke I just made up.
What did Leatherface from the movie Texas Chainsaw Massacre say to the ghost?
I sawed you last night.
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