It has been very enlightening to be at the greatest place on earth where dreams come true and everything is magical. A culmination of healing has surmounted into one large realm of full and total acceptance. An acceptance in many areas of my life and of most certainly an overall peace of mind and body has evolved. I still find myself reacting to minor incidence in life but I rapidly become aware and rest in the notion that they are old recordings playing back in my head which I am choosing to listen to. So, I imagine a way that I can stop the tape, rewind, and record a new song. Like all things creative we are just as creative as the world of make believe. Disney is filled with illumination, magic, wonder, and the feelings of belief. This was the perfect time to come to this magical place when we get to return home in a day and continue the magic with Christmas at bay. This place has helped me to remember that much of what I believe about life is made up in my head. Many of my beliefs have been passed down from generation to generation. These gifts that each member of my family has bestowed upon me have been openly received as a child. It is only now, when I am older, that I can see their worth and the intensity they reigned over my life. In recognizing how my world in the present has been shaped by the past I can develop a perspective based on who I am today and who I would like to continue to become in the future. I love the energy of Disney and the magic it promises. This world takes us back to our true beings as children before adults impacted our visions. It takes us to a time and place where we could look up at the characters, the lights, the shows, and fill our every sense with wonder and imagination. It is a place based on creativity and the notion that anything is possible if you just believe. It is a place where we can openly believe and be accepted for believing. This is the only place where we are asked to put our individual realities behind us and embrace another vision that may or may not line up with our own. And most of us do it.
Walking around the parks day in and day out I am consumed with watching parents and children be ‘wowed’ by what their senses take in. Faces light up, laughter become contagious, and an overall positive feeling about life is embraced. One can’t help but be caught up in the fun of it all. My question to you and to everyone is, “What happens when we go home to our routines of life?” What stops us from bringing home and keeping this fantasmic view of life day in and day out? How would our lives be different if we could keep this child like view of the world in every moment we encounter at home and in our work lives? It is only the energies of creativity and imagination that have been mastered and perfected here at Disney. They have figured a way to take a vision and allow it to grow immensely. They have the support of thousands and millions that see as they see. Why can’t we individually see the wonder of ourselves and express our own creativity? What is stopping us? This is JOY that I am speaking of. It is a feeling of absolute trust that nothing is impossible and everything will always be taken care of. We are like children when we are here and we trust in what the staff and characters have to offer us and we allow ourselves to be taken care of and swept away in all that they have to offer. What is keeping us from believing in ourselves the same way that we can believe in something outside of us? We can do this in our own individual and collective worlds. We can. The problem is that we keep returning to and listening to our old recordings. We hear our mother or father in the background giving us advice on how we should direct our decisions in almost every situation in our lives. We base what we do in our worlds on the perspectives of the outside world and not on what the voice within is trying to tell us. We were all born and made of the same stuff that I like to call joy. The problem is that as children we are taught to believe in the fears of those around us and ‘Walla’ this becomes our life! All we have to do is lead life with an open heart and allow our dreams to unfold. It is that simple. The problem is that these reactions are so ingrained in our cells that we immediately react to situations without thinking or feeling. There is a solution to this. We need to slow down. I mean really slow down. Slow down and stop to smell the roses. If we allow the emotions that we resist to just ‘be’ then we will begin to know that all they are, are just that, emotions. Emotions left over from what we never received as a child. What we have today as adults is an opportunity to take care of and remold that child within each of us. We can slow down, recognize the child, give that child everything he or she always wanted and thus allow our current realities to be transformed into a magical life. We are all children filled with wonder and amusement. We are NEW children that have the wisdom and the peace in knowing that life is a place of joy, wonder and opportunity.
These same feelings are harvested here in Disney that we enjoy so much. It is these same feelings that can be taken and transplanted at home no matter what happens in our lives. We can feel joy in seemingly mundane and ordinary parts of our lives. We can create whatever we like if we so choose. I do believe it is that simple. That life should be lead with no worries and that Disney has pioneered something that everyone should embrace. If I believe in the same fundamental beliefs as Disney then magic will truly embrace my life and everyday will be like a new adventure. Today, I spend my last day at Disney grateful for the lessons I have learned and fully embracing each moment of life knowing that the greatest place on earth is right here within me. I have had it all along.
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