"You have forgotten who you are and so have forgotten me. Look inside yourself, Simba. You are more than what you have become. You must take your place in the Circle of Life."
Mufasa's Ghost
The Lion King
1994
The circle of life. The revolving door. The window to the world. The cliff-less mountain. The road less traveled. The world on your shoulders.
We are all a part of some circular momentum that drives one to not only seek, but to find their true meaning and identity in a world full of many options and most profound choices. The Lion King marks my 200th posting thus far. A film that not only gave children a few laughs and told a story about how naive and how ashamed someone could become just by being told they have failed.
The Lion King is a film that not only provides a commonality to what matters the most in life, but, it also delivers us a strength in which I did not come to realize until I was older.
Haven't we all been in situations where we were told we were less of something? That our sub-standards were somewhat unobtainable? The truth of the matter is, that we seek to always find guidance. Some do it internally with their beliefs and others rely on ancestors, and individuals with proven consistency and wise attributes.
I always looked up towards my elders. I always looked up to the historical aspect of who paved the way for success.
Simba was a naive lion cub. With the manipulation from Scar a jealous relative, Simba seeks off on an exile adventure to run far away from his reality and perception as a cub held responsible for his father's death. The blame game is an ugly game to play. The regret game is even worse when shown that you must not always regret your choices, you should just learn from them.
The vulnerability of ones soul is often at times the strength of anothers. Anger and resentment often shield the world of what people are really thinking. Isn't anger just because someone is afraid? Afraid of looking ridiculous, or losing a battle that wasn't a battle to begin with?
I walk away from this movie and this post with reassured confidence that being true to oneself is the circle of life. Finding ones place in all the madness is just as exciting as knowing you were just you all along. Bravery comes with strength, but, knowing who you are, well... that comes with lessons learned and an open mind.
Plus... Timon and Pumbaa were hilarious ;-)
Hakuna Matata!
Pumbaa: Hey, Timon, ever wonder what those sparkly dots are up there?
Timon: Pumbaa, I don't wonder; I know.
Pumbaa: Oh. What are they?
Timon: They're fireflies. Fireflies that, uh... got stuck up on that big bluish-black thing.
Pumbaa: Oh, gee. I always thought they were balls of gas burning billions of miles away.
Timon: Pumbaa, with you, everything's gas.
(excerpt from The Lion King)
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