{"id":1226,"date":"2015-05-02T21:55:00","date_gmt":"2015-05-03T01:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/melvargas.com\/blog\/?p=1226"},"modified":"2024-10-29T22:01:36","modified_gmt":"2024-10-30T02:01:36","slug":"lessons-from-alice-in-wonderland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melvargas.com\/blog\/lessons-from-alice-in-wonderland\/","title":{"rendered":"Lessons from Alice in Wonderland"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

So as part of my TV bingeing ritual (it\u2019s become sort of my thing on the weekends and I love it!), I came across the beautiful Alice in Wonderland<\/a>. Now, you must understand that Alice is my FAVORITE! Well,, the Disney version at least. I haven\u2019t read the books, but I\u2019ll get to it. Promise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If this is the first time you\u2019re reading my blog I feel it\u2019s only fair to let you in on a little secret: movies, songs, games, etc. Pop-culture in general has a funny way of taking me to deep places and teaching me lessons I just don\u2019t get any other way. Alice, of course, could not be the exception, I just got into the movie like never before and it talked into some ares of my life I just knew I needed to share.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Time to dig in!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Alice in Wonderland \u2014 IMDB<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When he white rabbit and pretty much half of the posse take Alice to absolem (the caterpillar) to find out if she\u2019s the right Alice, they get quite a surprise. The caterpillar tells Alice she\u2019s the wrong Alice, because in order to be the right Alice she needed to change her mindset. She needed to believe in herself, that she would be able to complete the task, to believe in the world she was in and that it deserved saving. How many times have we been the wrong us? How many times have we put in a situation we just want to get out of so bad? Often! don\u2019t lie, much more often than we\u2019d like. But not wanting to be there doesn\u2019t make it go away, if you\u2019re in that situation you need to believe in yourself and what is already inside of you, which is all you need to get out of the situation a victor, not a victim. You need to remember what makes you so absolutely precious and really that it\u2019s all you need. There\u2019s nothing you need that you may lack, but in case you do, trust that in your daily walk you\u2019ll learn it, receive it, realize it, grow it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When she finally meets with the mad hatter, one of the things he said that really got to her was when he said she had lost her \u201cmuchness\u201d. Have you ever had someone from the past come back into your life and asked you \u201cwhat happened to you? you\u2019re not the same.\u201d How did it feel? I\u2019m sure thoughts like \u201chow have i changed?\u201d or \u201cwhat do you mean?\u201d came to your mind. I\u2019m sure it bugged you in some way and it may have made you wondered what they meant, without the courage to actually say it. Sometimes the most annoying and upsetting words are the words that ring the true. But they\u2019ll be the ones to hit the chord necessary to make you move. Had it not been for the mad hatter uttering those words, Alice just wouldn\u2019t be Alice, or at least the movie. At times people making you uncomfortable is EXACTLY what you need to get on track and end up in an even BETTER place! At times we lose our way, or choose a simpler way, one that isn\u2019t really meant for me. And thank God for those people who say the worst, because they force us to stop and as our GPS would say, re-route<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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the white rabbit \u2014 IMDB<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Frabjous day, sometimes people believe in you more than you believe in yourself. Many times you won\u2019t see what really inside of you, but those around you will. They\u2019re guides, lights, oppositions, bumps on the road that will question you and doubt you or maybe believe the greatest in you. Regardless, they\u2019re all there to help you along the way to get you to where you need to be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stop hoping is a dream or a nightmare, realize that it\u2019s your life and you can come out triumphant in the end, if you just keep moving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The mad hatter: at times someone crazy will enter your life. Truly crazy, but<\/p>\n\n\n\n

so worth having. Let the silliness come into your life, the belly-aching laughter, the interrupting joy. Let others believe in yourself and allow your logic to be tested. At times, the most brilliant moments and the clearest epiphanies will come from the mad hatters and the tea times of your life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Alice only believed when she realized it was a reality since childhood: Alice had lost herself in pain, regret, in logic. Remember your child self. Respect them, love him or her, embrace them, wall with them, and keep them as upfront in your heart and mind as possible, always allowing them to exist and celebrating them and they should be. Your greatest self is your child self. Why? They believe without limits, love without care, give you honesty even when you prefer they wouldn\u2019t. They\u2019re your bravest, most confident, most caring, most heroic self.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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