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Today we went to see Big Hero 6. This is a movie about dreams deferred due to circumstances beyond a little boy's best endeavors. Life had different plans for his life than he did.
He had such hopes and visions and excelled beyond everyone's expectations. He was a child prodigy who graduated high school at the age of 14. He almost drifted down a path in the wrong direction but his brother introduced him to a more positive approach to life. He saw the college that his brother went to, what his brother had invented and met his brother's friends. This sparked something in him to create and subsequently be accepted in the Nerd School.
And then......life took another direction again. He once again lost a loved one due to an accidental fire that took his brother's life. First his parents died and now his brother. He just gave up on life, even though he had a most promising future.
Isn't that what we do when things take a turn for the worst? We just hide, trying to escape how we feel. Our emotions are very powerful and when we hide out they just seem to take over, rolling over us in waves of desperation.
But, we have a choice to make just like the hero in Big Hero 6. We can hide out or we can pursue connection with people who will support us. We can move forward and rediscover our lost hope. There is a positive that happens when we just decide to move out of our place of hiding. Sometimes, it's just like putting one foot in front of the other. Little by little we find ourselves in a different place in our lives. And as we look back we realize we're not in in the same place and our hope is restored.
He had such hopes and visions and excelled beyond everyone's expectations. He was a child prodigy who graduated high school at the age of 14. He almost drifted down a path in the wrong direction but his brother introduced him to a more positive approach to life. He saw the college that his brother went to, what his brother had invented and met his brother's friends. This sparked something in him to create and subsequently be accepted in the Nerd School.
And then......life took another direction again. He once again lost a loved one due to an accidental fire that took his brother's life. First his parents died and now his brother. He just gave up on life, even though he had a most promising future.
Isn't that what we do when things take a turn for the worst? We just hide, trying to escape how we feel. Our emotions are very powerful and when we hide out they just seem to take over, rolling over us in waves of desperation.
But, we have a choice to make just like the hero in Big Hero 6. We can hide out or we can pursue connection with people who will support us. We can move forward and rediscover our lost hope. There is a positive that happens when we just decide to move out of our place of hiding. Sometimes, it's just like putting one foot in front of the other. Little by little we find ourselves in a different place in our lives. And as we look back we realize we're not in in the same place and our hope is restored.