I'm not addicted but I do love it! Being 23 though, you have most people around you giving you shit all the time for loving fairy tales... apparently I should be boring and be more in tune with the world around me rather than off with the fairies.
You have looked at the world around you right? Terrorism, poverty, war etc. All I ever hear about is people moaning about work or money or the government/politics, even the weather because you know, that's all us brits like to talk about. My life is choc-a-bloc full of people moaning... All. The. Time. Don't get me wrong, I do my fair share of moaning as well, I'm not saying that, I just mean... can you blame me for day dreaming and not actually wanting to be part of this world? (the complete opposite to Ariel...)
If I were a Disney character, I would be Belle.
'With a dreamy far off look and her nose stuck in a book'. I take my book everywhere. If I'm walking down to see my Fiance at his Mum's, I will walk down the street, reading as I go. And yes, I do want adventure in the great wide somewhere but not many other people seem to have ambitions or dreams, just like the people in Belle's village. Out of the people I work with (6 others), 1 of them, that I know of, actually has ambitions and wants to do more with their life than just work in a bloody cafe and be stuck in the same town, and funnily enough, that person loves Disney as well. I love being able to say I'm just like Belle but it's a sad thing too, knowing that most people around me think I'm odd or boring for liking books and actually being cultured and passionate for more than every day life.
My parents and grandparent's brought me up on Disney. I remember having the books from an early age and every Christmas I'd make my grandma put on the Disney's Very Merry Christmas VHS and we'd all sit and sing along to the songs and I remember being very happy while watching that! On the other side of the family, my Aunty Susy absolutely loved fairies and even called me Tinkerbell because I was small and had blonde hair :)
My family have always encouraged me dreaming and still do to this day.
Disney is an escape for me. My life is far from where I'd like it to be so when a day has been extra sucky, it's nice to come home and stick a Disney film on or listen and sing along to the songs for a bit. Just lose myself in the wonders and magic of the fairy tales and forget the real world exists. When you love Disney as much as I do, you find yourself craving certain films as well and getting songs stuck in your head all day. At the moment Moana is a big hit with me and my fiance. The new live action beauty and the beast is one of those films that you become addicted to as well, it really is magical, they've done an amazing job bringing that to life.
These stories come with some good advice as well and things to live by. One of my favourite quotes is from the live action 2015 Cinderella; Have courage and be kind. Where there is kindness there is goodness and where there is goodness, there is magic. It's extremely hard sometimes to have courage and be kind but it helps to live by that in my life because there are some bitter people and people that try to push your buttons and get a reaction from you but only good can come from being kind and not letting them get to you. Here's a few others that I like as well...
I feel like some sort of lovely, kind, naive little Disney princess sometimes but I honestly don't care. I'm perfectly happy being who I am, living in my fairy tale world of strong, independent princesses who in nowadays Disney films, don't rely on a prince and aren't afraid of doing the work for themselves and being their own hero (heroine). Don't get me wrong, my fiance is my prince but he understands that I am fiercely independent and like to take care of him and myself as well.
Being an adult is stressful and tiring and complicated so watching Disney films helps me to see things in a different light. It encourages me to keep having faith in humanity and look for the good in people. To keep smiling through the difficult times because things will get better. Unfortunately our world doesn't have magic spells, talking animals, flying objects, enchanted roses etc but we do have fairy godmothers in the forms of friends and family, magic in the form of love and dreams and there's a prince/princess inside everyone who's willing to let them out and not be scared of what others will think.
So no, you're never too old for Disney and I'm proud of the person Disney has helped me become because there's no fun in being normal and like everyone else. There's no fun in ignoring my dreams and not believing. Disney is my escape from reality and if anyone turns to you and mocks you and makes fun of you for being 'away with the fairies' or for liking Disney, feel sorry for them because they have no magic in their life. I will never stop watching Disney films and listening to Disney songs because they take me back to my childhood and help me forget the worries of being an adult and they honestly make me happy. Disney is part of who I am and always will be. Never give up something or stop doing something that makes you happy... screw the world and what they think! Be your own person and be proud :)
Thanks for reading!!
Becks x
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