“Let it go, let it go
Can't hold it back anymore
Can't hold it back anymore
Let it go, let it go
Turn away and slam the door
I don't care
what they're going to say
Let the storm rage on.
The cold never bothered me anyway”
Turn away and slam the door
I don't care
what they're going to say
Let the storm rage on.
The cold never bothered me anyway”
Let
It Go – Idina Menzel
I finally only got around to seeing Frozen
a couple of weekends ago, which is surprising given my love for cartoons, princesses
and musicals. Frozen is meant to be the Disney movie for this generation, much
like The Lion King was for my childhood. I loved the graphics in Frozen and I
loved the themes of the story, particularly the ones about true love and facing
fears – but I won’t go into it too much because I don’t want to spoil the plot
for anyone who hasn’t seen it. I found the characters and storyline a bit ho
hum though, and I much preferred Tangled than Frozen. However, if I was going
to give this movie one thing to be a generation definer, it is the ballad of a
song Let It Go.
In my previous post I wrote about taking
what you can before it leaves you, and this write up is kind of a continuation
of that. You see, once I had my one moment my life was going to give me and I had
said goodbye, I had to do a bit a mental clean out. I had to let go because my
time was done with this person and while that was tough to accept, I had to
accept it for fear I would lament on it for months and never move on. It wasn’t
always easy and every now and again I think of how things could have gone
differently and sometimes even think “whyyyyyy did you leave me?!”. But for the
most part I have let this aspect of my life go and moved on to new things.
This is just one example of many things I
have let go in my life – we could all name off many things we have successfully
let go in our past, whether it be people, regrets, change, fear or disappointment.
And while coming to terms with having to let something go can be quite tough, the
feeling of letting go is so liberating. As Elsa says, once she has let go of
holding back her power she can rise like the break of dawn, test limits and
break boundaries, because you never quite know what you are capable of until
you let go of what was holding you back.
It’s a bit of a cliché lesson this week but
I think it’s one we need to constantly remind ourselves of. Sometimes when you
feel stuck in a rut you have to decide what it is you need to let go in order
to cleanse yourself of negativity. Frozen really portrays this message well and
I really like that about the movie. I would urge you to watch it if you need a
bit of a mental lift up. It’s not the only theme Frozen has (I also love the
one about finding true love) but it’s the one that stuck with me the most and,
as far as Disney movies go, it’s a pretty good one to relate to in real life.
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