Rewrite the Script

I can’t believe we are halfway through the . This challenge has sparked so many thoughts and ideas! I know some may be thinking…”aren’t you a food & fitness blogger?” Yes, I am—but this is #BlogLikeCrazy November! I do appreciate this challenge for bringing things to light that I otherwise may not have shared.

We started a new series at my called At the Movies. It’s a series that I look forward to every year. The series takes Hollywood movies and applies biblical truths. We kicked off #ATM15 with the most popular movie from last year, Saving Mr. Banks. It’s the backstory of the making of one of my favorite Disney movies, Mary Poppins. If you haven’t seen it, I promise I won’t totally spoil it for you—but today’s message hit home for me. It was about healing. Healing can be physical, emotional, or spiritual. The movie reminded me how we can allow our past to limit who we can become. A few weeks ago, I faced a huge disappointment. Disappointments can hurt like a lemon juice soaked paper cut. I was hurt by a matter beyond my control and I carried it longer than I should have. It was over and done with and there was nothing I could do to change it. It was now in the past, but I still wanted carry it into the future.

How many times do we carry things that we are not supposed to carry? I’m so guilty of it…obviously. It took me getting out of my feelings and settling on things that I knew to be true to move past my hurt. When I looked back and saw things with a new set of eyes, I realized the outcome turned out better than I could have ever imagined or orchestrated.

In the end of the movie, P.L. Travers’ vision was brought to life once she released her past. She was able to give the green light to rewrite the script to a happy ending.

You probably remember the song “Let’s Go Fly A Kite” that was sung at the end of Mary Poppins. As seasoned as I am, it’s a song that still makes me feel like a kid as I sing along. It reminds me to release the kite and send it soaring. Our past hurts and disappoints are just that…the past. When we discover that our past cannot define us, we can begin to fly freely.

 

Let’s go fly a kite
Up to the highest height
Let’s go fly a kite
And send it soaring
Up through the atmosphere
Up where the air is clear
Oh, let’s go fly a kite

When you send it flying up there
All at once you’re lighter than air
You can dance on the breeze over houses and trees
With your fist holding tight
To the string of your kite