Considering how helpful spirits, aka ghosts, have been in my life and the lives of people I know, I’m somewhat baffled by the bad reputation that ghosts have among many of us living humans. For some of us, it must be true in life as it is in fiction: Without trouble there is no excitement, no story, so ghosts are seen as poltergeists or evil fiends. Yet, when it comes to spirits, I prefer to stick with the truth: I’ve encountered more helping spirits than any other kind.