My mother told me that once in your life you will see your own spirit, it will either be a good one or a bad one so i better be good or the bad one will appear, for years into my marriage I always had to have the light on while I slept.
A childhood belief about monsters

others believed things like this
- My Mother used to tell me only the good die young and I would live to be 100+ years old because I was bad.— William
- As an artist, i used to believe that my drawings were visions of my past life.(i had a good past life)— Blind dreamer
- My mother, the good Catholic, thought that Jesus, being a string bean (supreme being) was really skinny.— Mark D
- I used to believe that little men (or women) slept & went to work in every traffic light — Kelly bulanek
- I used to think light sabers were called life savers.— alison
- When I was little I used to believe everything the government does is right and for the good of everyone.— Rob