I'm growing up. I'm growing older. This truly hit home when I went to watch Sex and the City the movie two nights ago. I have been excitedly waiting for this film since I first heard about it early last year and finally there I was with a bunch of friends seeing all of it unfold.
The first thing I noticed was everyone was noticeably older. I was a little thrown that even with the magic of Holywood they still looked much older. Yet the story was still the same in some ways though different. It still had that delightful fairy tale quality that I loved, the characters are at once relatable and yet somehow unreal. I loved the movie. Loved the story, and loved the happily ever after ending.
Later when I left I was surprised by how moved I was by the film. It came to me in huge blocks of emotion, which took me by surprise until I realised that I was letting go, releasing the old fairy tale where the princess meets and falls in love with a handsome prince and after being rescued from some misfortune that seeks to keep them apart, she marries her prince and lives happily ever after. It was like a computer upgrade. I had received new software and now I had to uninstall fairy tale number one and reinstall fairy tale number two. It felt like I was losing something that I had had for as long as I can remember and as always with loss comes the fear of the unknown, but today, my sun is back and with it a wonderful new story where the princess meets and falls in love with her true self and lives happily ever after. Like software upgrade the new version usually does all the things the old one used to do, only better.
The princess still lives happily ever after.
And happily ever after as I have come to realise, can mean finding love in your own backyard after going away in search of it, choosing to forgive imperfection in your self and others and realising that the true beauty lies in the imperfection, or letting go of relationships and ideas that were no longer serving your self, and facing our fears and choosing love. Always choosing love. The love of one's Self.
I'd love to see that in a children's book. Once a upon a time there lived four princesses....
Fun movie.
Thank you Uni.
The first thing I noticed was everyone was noticeably older. I was a little thrown that even with the magic of Holywood they still looked much older. Yet the story was still the same in some ways though different. It still had that delightful fairy tale quality that I loved, the characters are at once relatable and yet somehow unreal. I loved the movie. Loved the story, and loved the happily ever after ending.
Later when I left I was surprised by how moved I was by the film. It came to me in huge blocks of emotion, which took me by surprise until I realised that I was letting go, releasing the old fairy tale where the princess meets and falls in love with a handsome prince and after being rescued from some misfortune that seeks to keep them apart, she marries her prince and lives happily ever after. It was like a computer upgrade. I had received new software and now I had to uninstall fairy tale number one and reinstall fairy tale number two. It felt like I was losing something that I had had for as long as I can remember and as always with loss comes the fear of the unknown, but today, my sun is back and with it a wonderful new story where the princess meets and falls in love with her true self and lives happily ever after. Like software upgrade the new version usually does all the things the old one used to do, only better.
The princess still lives happily ever after.
And happily ever after as I have come to realise, can mean finding love in your own backyard after going away in search of it, choosing to forgive imperfection in your self and others and realising that the true beauty lies in the imperfection, or letting go of relationships and ideas that were no longer serving your self, and facing our fears and choosing love. Always choosing love. The love of one's Self.
I'd love to see that in a children's book. Once a upon a time there lived four princesses....
Fun movie.
Thank you Uni.
2 comments:
I think Hollywood, made the conscious choice to keep the girls true to reality. Growing older should not be feared, we miss so much in our fight to hold on to the past. Growing older means you have more experience under your belt, means you have enough self awareness to know what you want and go for it and to say no when you need to. it means jumping on the bull that is life, holding onto the horns and sometimes fighting to hold on, enjoying the ride and enjoying the fall too! I dont think i want to be 18 again. Onward and upward!
Wow. Nicely put. That is exactly how it feels. Yes.
Thank you.
S
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