The fairy tale is for girls who dream of living happily ever after.
It is for girls who keep believing in their dreams and staying true to who they really are. They don’t allow external circumstances to change who they are and they always have faith for a better tomorrow.
Some people may call her passive and boring but I love Cinderella. She is genuinely kind and full of love for others. If we were to be her, who among us wouldn't have already poisoned the stepmother and her daughters? Or put broken glass in their food since she was the one doing all the cooking? Or suffocate them in their sleep? (I could be here forever to come up with additional ways to kill them!).
She could have set herself free by getting rid of them. But she didn't.
She could have set herself free by getting rid of them. But she didn't.
However, the reason Cinderella is my favorite Disney character is in the plot itself rather than a personal affinity with her character. She was a nobody, working as a slave in her own house. She was nothing special in the eyes of the people around her but she still held on to the hope that she could become somebody one day.
For one night she had the chance to be DIFFERENT. She wasn't a slave anymore. She was a beautiful woman. She was everything she always wanted to be and that she already was on the inside: STUNNING.
But here it comes: on the night of the ball, there were loads of girls at the party. Girls of different kinds, shapes and types. And if we talk about beauty, there must have been girls more beautiful than Cinderella. Despite the fact that we do not even know the Prince’s type, he still picked Cinderella. One can argue that this happened for the purpose of the story, but the prince could have still picked another girl. But Cinderella is the one that stood out. There was something about Cinderella that made her unique in the midst of ALL those women.
For one night she had the chance to be DIFFERENT. She wasn't a slave anymore. She was a beautiful woman. She was everything she always wanted to be and that she already was on the inside: STUNNING.
But here it comes: on the night of the ball, there were loads of girls at the party. Girls of different kinds, shapes and types. And if we talk about beauty, there must have been girls more beautiful than Cinderella. Despite the fact that we do not even know the Prince’s type, he still picked Cinderella. One can argue that this happened for the purpose of the story, but the prince could have still picked another girl. But Cinderella is the one that stood out. There was something about Cinderella that made her unique in the midst of ALL those women.
Really similar to her is the character of Esther in the Bible. Even though the reason she became queen was way higher than just a happy ending to a fairy tale, she was the chosen one among all the most beautiful girls of all the provinces in the kingdom of King Xerxes.
The reasons Esther and Cinderella were chosen among millions of women was beyond a physical beauty: there was something special and unique within them that had to do with their inner soul.
They were in perfect harmony with who they were. They might have been poor on the outside but they knew they were royalty on the inside. The kindheartedness and loyalty that define these women took them right into their destiny and through patient endurance and hope, they blossomed to become the beautiful queens they were always destined to be.
They were in perfect harmony with who they were. They might have been poor on the outside but they knew they were royalty on the inside. The kindheartedness and loyalty that define these women took them right into their destiny and through patient endurance and hope, they blossomed to become the beautiful queens they were always destined to be.
The lesson? No matter how insecure you might feel about yourself right now, on how you look or how far you have to go in life, remember to stay true to who you are. Let love be your first language and always be hopeful for a better tomorrow.
Lots of love,
X Princess Leona x
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