wouldn't it be nice if the world were as simple as peter pan.
but peter pan is not simple, which is why I love it so.
With all the underlying meaning one can simply understand that the choices we make when we are children affect who we become.
At one point in the movie Peter tells Wendy to leave and take her feelings with her.
Wendy states, "there is so much more to life Peter"
when Peter asks, "what."
she replies with,"I think it becomes clear when we grow up."
later in the movie Hook, states you cannot love if you dont grow up its part of the riddle.
what a horrible fate. I guess I never thought of it this way, its has been said by many that you haven't lived until you have loved. Is it true?
I think you must've been a roommate or college friend of my sister Kristi. I was just blurking (perusing your blog bc you commented on Kristi's and I was curious) and this post caught my eye. I have been thinking a lot about our dear Peter Pan and his wanting to stay young forever.
ReplyDeleteSadly, I think Hook may be right, in a sense. I'm recently married and learning more and more that love is about selflessness and sacrifice more than anything else. I know so many girls who want to be married. I married young and so never really felt my "singleness" in the form of loneliness or longing. I wonder though, if loneliness is the best "reason" to get married. I don't think it is a very bad reason, I just wonder if the person who marries will be very happy, even after the fact.
Falling in love with someone is a beautiful and wonderful thing. It puts a rosy glow on everything. I thought that once I married, things would be like that forever and only get better. But once one has climbed up a mountain and enjoys the beautiful view, one also has to climb back down, and the concentration on your footholds can make you quickly forget how beautiful it was at the top. Life is not a flat plain or a endless plateau but a series of mountainous hills and valleys. We must experience sorrow to feel joy, and thus we must grow up.
We must struggle and be tested to learn how to truly love another and sacrifice for them. And I am of the opinion that "growing up" is the best way to bring those trials and tests. So, bitter as it seemed to young Pan's mind, growing up is just as sweet as bitter.
One thing we can always keep is a remembrance of the view from the top, an eternal perspective and a child-like optimism/faith that everything is going to be ok. If you believe it, everything will be ok.
In sum, Wendy's statement is very wise, we must grow up to learn what more there is. There is a time and season to each stage of life. Love is a wonderful, complex series of sacrifices, rejoicing, bearing each other's burdens and sorrows, and beauty. You learn a lot from loving another and thereby, maybe you do "truly" live.
I'm glad for your post. It sparked some pondering I've greatly been in need of. I apologize for doing so, uninvited on your blog. I hope I have not offended you at all, but I was very impressed by your thoughts.
Hey thanks for commenting:)That was awesome to read and hear someone elses opinon on it. Feel free to stop by and comment anytime. Kristi and i were in the same apartment complex and got pretty close last winter:)
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