The Best Advice I Gleaned From Disney Movies

Everywhere you turn people are ready to give advice these days. Some of the best advice I’ve ever received actually came from Disney movies. In this episode, I share my favorite pieces of advice from pretty popular Disney movies. 00:00 Good evening and welcome to my humble podcast abode. I am Cocoa Griot just a fifty-something who dabbles in talking about life, love, and a googob of other topics. Advice is abundant in life, but not all advice is good advice. I love watching movies and Disney movies are a surprising source of good advice. Tonight, I'm sharing with you the best advice I've gleaned from these movies. I will tell you the advice first, and then name the movie it came from. Hopefully, if you not seen the movie mentioned, you'll take the time to check it out. 00:49 "It's up to you how far you go if you don't try, you'll never know." This is from the Sword in the Stone. This advice helped me when I thought about going to graduate school, I was in my 40s and feeling very out of touch with school. I was motivated to attend because I wanted to improve my practices as an educator. The what if's that came to mind were awesome and massive. I had a two- year old child, I had a first-year college student, and not to mention, I was working a full-time job. There were more reasons not to go than to go, but I thought about this piece of advice, and I forged ahead with my plan. Not only did I begin my studies I successfully earned my Master's degree with a 4.0 average. My mom always said, nothing beats a failure, but a try. 1:41 The next quote, "I don't want to survive. I want to live." is from the movie Wall-E. This simple quote is incredibly powerful. There's a difference between living and existing. I spent six years in a relationship with he who shall not be named. It was a sad state of existence, and I truly was not living. Looking forward to embracing each day is a hallmark of living. Now, I jumped out of bed in the morning and I'm eager to experience my days. Each day brings joy from different sources.