The Best Advice I Gleaned From Disney Movies
Everywhere you turn people are ready to give advice these days. Some of the best advice I’ve ever received actually came from Disney movies. In this episode, I share my favorite pieces of advice from pretty popular Disney movies.
Good evening and welcome to my humble podcast abode. I am Cocoa Griot just a fifty-something who dabbles in talking about life, love, and a googob of other topics. Advice is abundant in life, but not all advice is good advice. I love watching movies and Disney movies are a surprising source of good advice. Tonight, I'm sharing with you the best advice I've gleaned from these movies. I will tell you the advice first, and then name the movie it came from. Hopefully, if you not seen the movie mentioned, you'll take the time to check it out.
"It's up to you how far you go if you don't try, you'll never know." This is from the Sword in the Stone. This advice helped me when I thought about going to graduate school, I was in my 40s and feeling very out of touch with school. I was motivated to attend because I wanted to improve my practices as an educator. The what if's that came to mind were awesome and massive. I had a two- year old child, I had a first-year college student, and not to mention, I was working a full-time job. There were more reasons not to go than to go, but I thought about this piece of advice, and I forged ahead with my plan. Not only did I begin my studies I successfully earned my Master's degree with a 4.0 average. My mom always said, nothing beats a failure, but a try.
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The next quote, "I don't want to survive. I want to live." is from the movie Wall-E. This simple quote is incredibly powerful. There's a difference between living and existing. I spent six years in a relationship with he who shall not be named. It was a sad state of existence, and I truly was not living. Looking forward to embracing each day is a hallmark of living. Now, I jumped out of bed in the morning and I'm eager to experience my days. Each day brings joy from different sources. I have said the next quote is one that is definitely easier said than done." It's important to always look where you're headed, rather than where you were." This is from The Lion King. A recent conversation with a good friend centered around this topic. I was telling him about the regrets I had regarding interactions with certain people. He reminded me that my windshield is bigger than my rearview mirror because it is more important to see where you are going than where you'd have been. I smiled and nodded because I knew he was right. Staying in the present is very necessary to foster happiness.
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So, the next quote is "The flower that blooms and adversity is the most rare and beautiful of all." This is from Mulan and the quote touches me deeply because of the struggles I've experienced in life. My time at Texas Tech University is one of the best examples of this quote in action. There were 25,000 students at the university, and only 500 were black. I dealt with discrimination to the point I begged my mom to come home. My mother told me that if I can survive in the face of adversity, I will thrive in life. So when this quote came out in the movie, I had to smile and think about my mom. I stuck it out there, and I'm proud to say I earned my degree in a place that challenged me to become the best version of myself.
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The last quote is one that makes me smile the most, and it is one I use with my mentees regularly. "When life gets you down, you know what you got to do? Just keep swimming." That's from Finding Nemo. Whatever you are going through today, my hope for you is that you can just keep swimming. Thanks for listening this evening. As always, I wish you good health, good fortune, and a good night. Cocoa Griot out.
