Well, since it's been ages since I last posted, I decided that today i'd take a little break from my homework to write about what has been on my mind lately..
The other day, I was watching The Hunchback of Notre Dame (love my Disney movies) and of course, Disney taught me a lesson.
Poor Quasimodo, stuck in the bell tower and can't leave because his master won't let him. But besides that, Quasi is scared to leave because he has had it engraved into his head that he is worthless and ugly, and that the world is a dark and cruel place. As he is watching the Festival of Fools, Laverne (one of his gargoyle friends) says that ^^ to him.
Finally, Quasi decides to go to the festival.Yeah, it doesn't turn out great because he is mocked and hurt, but he gains a great friend. Esmeralda, and later on, Phoebus. If he hadn't have gone to the festival, that never would have happened. And he never would have gotten rid of his crazy mean master.
How many of us in our lives have had people tell us that we can't do something or that we aren't good enough and we let that hold us back? Or, how many of us have held ourselves back with thoughts like that, being overly critical of ourselves?
I know I have. For a long time, I had been afraid of doing things and being myself because I was afraid that people would judge me or make fun of me, so I just kept quiet and stayed in the background. But what I didn't realize until after high school is that I was watching my life go by without me.
Now that I have graduated, I have learned that I can't just sit back and watch everyone else live their lives while I wasn't living mine. I finally decided to do what I wanted and make my life what I wanted it to be. And I have never been happier with my life. You have to work at life. You have to take risks and do things you aren't comfortable with or you'll never be fully satisfied.
I hope that we all can take a little lesson from a simple little Disney quote and life our lives instead of watching from the sidelines. "Life is not a spectator sport."
