But it could be worse... From the first time we viewed this movie I realized that we had a winner and a movie that seems to be cut from a completely different cloth than the typical Disney princess movie. After seeing it SO MANY TIMES, I started really seeing some morals lessons to live by. Maybe I'm just high on princess glitter paint, but here's what I learned from this movie...
1. Fear will destroy you and those closest to you, holding you back from your destiny. Hiding from an issue doesn't make it go away or get better - instead it will isolate you from those who love you and would stand with you through the tough times. Living in fear leads to miscommunication and misunderstanding, but facing our fears with honesty and openness leads to deeper understanding...
2. Just because you have a rare talent that makes you different and unique doesn't give you permission to "let it go" and disregard everyone else - this often leads to disaster, hurt relationships, broken hearts, and distrust... It's wrong to use the thing that makes you different as an excuse for bad behavior. Learn how to use your gifts and talents to help others, cuz you're gonna need people and they are going to need you.
3. A romantic relationship is not the thing that will save you - you have to do that yourself first, and then you will be ready for love. Until you get to the bottom of your issues, deal with your baggage from your past, come to terms with who you are and love yourself, you will have a hard time judging character because you are desperate to be saved, wanting a relationship with someone else to fix everything. This makes you vulnerable to wolves in sheep's clothing (aka those rico suave Prince Hans' out there).
4. Some people are worth melting for... some are not, do you know the difference? Sometimes we need to let go of a person who is damaging us in order to keep ourselves healthy and whole - If someone is constantly draining you emotionally, using you up, never giving back, you need to re-evaluate the relationship and possibly cut off that relationship; and yet there are times when we have to love someone enough to fight for them and hold on to them even if it costs us a bit of ourselves. People who have invested in your life, who always have been there for you when everyone else abandoned you, who point you constantly towards God and towards growth, who make you a better person... these are the ones to melt for...Can you recognize the difference?
5. When it is time and you are ready for a romantic relationship, don't look for it... cuz you'll probably pick the wrong one! Let him or her find you along the path you are already walking. BE YOU, DOING YOUR THING - you will more than likely run into "the one" there, already doing alot of the stuff you are doing, along the same path. He will not be a prince. He will be your equal. He will not save you, but he will walk with you through all of life's struggles and you will encourage each other to be better people :)
Yep, I saw lots of life lessons in Disney's Frozen, and I hope that even if you didn't see all that in the movie, you still know that the 5 life truths listed above are just that: truths. We really should spend our lives trying to master those. Of course, the biggest lesson I learned? That three year olds don't care about life lessons, they just want someone to take the time to sit with them, eat gummies, and watch the movie together..... again, and again, and again.
