Walt before Mickey

What makes us human? I think it's all the tiny things that make us human, that make us stand out from one another. We all have this great distinction between good and evil, but even in those that are truly selfish, we still care. There have been many accounts on afterlife, and there was one I read that stood out- it said that the purpose of life is pure, sheer, unadulterated love. I think our ability to love and care makes us different from everyone else, even from supernatural deities. Our ability to believe in certain things, and stand up for them, makes us unique. There are animal species that eat each other, or prey on alike to survive. We have the ability to protect and care for our own though, and in the face of extreme difficulties, we believe that the act of believing in itself makes a difference. And when it does, it's a miracle.  

I think it's almost like a pure white light inside us, a spark that keeps us going. Wake up, exercise, eat 3-5 meals a day, do work, do our things for our family, and then go on. When we stop caring though, we stop feeling that need to do it, we call it depression. We see a therapist, take meds, and try to move on from what we have lost. I think that once you lose that spark, that light, it takes more than meds to get it back. It takes an appreciation for what it is to be human, to appreciate how amazing life is. To be able to see color, to create a variety of different foods, to be able to walk outside and taste rain.

So what do I believe in? I believe in pink, in love, in magic, and in happy endings. I believe that achieving anything requires discipline, control, and the strength to balance. So if you give up, you miss the chance to see the best of yourself. I think I lost that spark a while ago, but I'm hoping to rebuild it.

The title of this post is the biography of Walt Disney, the man who helped us believe in magic, despite the adversities he went through. He once said, "First, think. Second, believe. Third, dream, and Finally, Dare." I'm at Step 1.