Something very strange happened last Sunday night in Auburn, Alabama.

Two college-aged girls took themselves to a movie theater, bought themselves tickets for a horror film, and made it through the showing alive (with minimal scarring of course).

The new movie, "It", is all the rage. Mostly because us millennials (and older generations) can remember when we were five and six years old and peed our pants watching the movie that made us afraid to go absolutely anywhere near clowns, look down sewers and drains without a flashlight, or even enter a bathroom without crying.

So naturally, we're genuinely curious about how much the creepy clown has actually changed in the past twenty-seven years.

Oh, and how creepy is it that the new movie was released twenty-seven years after the original? Has anyone else pieced together that in the movie it is to be noted that Pennywise comes back every 27 to 30 years (apparently on and off the screen)?

Turns out he got quicker, more colorful, creepier, crazier, and grew, even more, teeth while he was away.

Who knew clowns grew more teeth even as adults?

Okay, but seriously. I really enjoyed the movie because, besides the fact that it was invigorating, the movie itself had a message that stood out to me beyond the typical horror part.

I think that's why I found this scary movie a little more than tolerable than I do others (I'm not usually a horror person). Because while it did have elements to it that weren't real life at all, it tapped into the fears that different people have and how we all must cope with them.

So how should we cope with the fears we all possess in this life?

As Bill puts it, "If we stick together, we win."

The Takeaway: So in short, no matter what we fear as individuals, it's always best to face them with the people you have in your life. We can't go through it alone. We just can't.

It may be the case that only a couple of people truly know you. But these people who know you, their support and knowledge of your endeavors, hold you accountable. They hold you up and keep you going in the direction you need to be.

And whether that's towards a creepy clown, well, okay your friends know best (usually).

This movie was on my radar because of the comfort it brings in reassuring the audience that everything in life is better faced with your friends by your side, even if you're embarrassed or ashamed of what your fears are.

Share them. With somebody.

You shouldn't have to carry that burden on your own.

If you're willing to share your heart with someone that knows you (no matter if it's a generally great or a particularly tough season), you will find solace in that, they too, need you and love you.

And without you, they wouldn't have someone to share their life with as well.

And these give-and-take relationships bring a victory no matter what your seasons of life are because, frankly, you know them and they know you. And without one another, things would not be the same.

That is the victory: knowing one another.