My mom is out of town for the weekend
and was undable to bring her computer along with her so she’s asked me to write
for the next couple of days. I know I am not as charismatic of a writer as she
is but I hope I can do a decent job. A recent topic that I have read and
discussed was the concept of fairy tales, why they are created, loved and
retold.
We all have been told fairy tales of
some kind through out our lives; The Golden Goose, The Frog Prince, Sleeping
Beauty, and Rumpelstiltskin.
Albert Einstein once said that “If you want your children to be intelligent,
read them fairy tales”. The purpose of fairy tales are to teach lessons; lessons
about life, about relationships and choices. They teach us the basics about
human nature by showing them in examples. Fairy tales were originally created
for this purpose, to detail principles that were being taught.
We love
fairytales as children because they are fantastic, magical and transport the
imagination far before the reality of today. Yet now we enjoy fairy tales for
different reasons, “Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us
that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten” (Neil
Gaiman). We learn that to create or to achieve our happily ever after, we need
to go through the trials it takes to get there. Here are some of the lessons which they teach us that can apply to our lives.
1. There are trials you need to got through to receive your happy ending
2. The importance of decisions and the consequences of them
3. “There is the
great lesson of 'Beauty and the Beast,' that a thing must be loved before it is
lovable.” (G.K.
Chesterton)
4. Similarly, love can be a powerful tool
5. Time can be a healer, a teacher, and a motivator
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