One person who was keenly aware of the importance of hope was Walt Disney. In all the Disney classics, you’ll find hope as a primary theme. If you look at the lyrics of the songs in the movies that Disney oversaw, you’ll see and experience the hope that is reflected in the songs. You’ll also notice that the words “hope,” “wish,” and “dream” are used interchangeably.
In Disney’s first full-length animated movie, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937), we heard Snow White sing, “I’m wishing for the one I love, to find me today. I’m hoping and I’m dreaming of, the nice things he’ll say.”
In Pinocchio (1940), we heard Jiminy Cricket sing, “When you wish upon a star, makes no difference who you are, anything your heart desires, will come to you. …show more content…
In dreams, you will lose your heartaches, whatever you wish for, you keep. Have faith in your dreams and someday, your rainbow will come smiling through. No matter how your heart is grieving, if you keep on believing, the dream that you wish will come true.”
And in Sleeping Beauty (1959), we heard Sleeping Beauty sing, “I know you, I walked with you once upon a dream. I know you, that gleam in your eyes is so familiar a gleam. And I know it’s true that visions are seldom all they seem. But if I know you, I know what you’ll do. You’ll love me at once, the way you did once upon a …show more content…
Think not about your frustrations, but about your unfulfilled potential. Concern yourself not with what you tried and failed in, but with what is still possible for you to do.”
The Modern Catholic Dictionary defines “hope” as follows:
The confident desire of obtaining a future good that is difficult to attain. It is therefore a desire, which implies seeking and pursuing; some future good that is not yet possessed but wanted, unlike fear that shrinks from a future evil. This future good draws out a person’s volition. Hope is confident that what is desired will certainly be attained. It is the opposite of despair. Yet it recognizes that the object wanted is not easily obtained and that it requires effort to overcome whatever obstacles stand in the way.
Christian hope requires a desire for everlasting life with God in Heaven. We are driven by what our minds present to us as desirable.
As children, our lives were filled with great hope and anticipation. Unfortunately, as we grow older, the burdens and struggles of life overwhelm us and our youthful hope sometimes turns into discouragement and
In Disney’s first full-length animated movie, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937), we heard Snow White sing, “I’m wishing for the one I love, to find me today. I’m hoping and I’m dreaming of, the nice things he’ll say.”
In Pinocchio (1940), we heard Jiminy Cricket sing, “When you wish upon a star, makes no difference who you are, anything your heart desires, will come to you. …show more content…
In dreams, you will lose your heartaches, whatever you wish for, you keep. Have faith in your dreams and someday, your rainbow will come smiling through. No matter how your heart is grieving, if you keep on believing, the dream that you wish will come true.”
And in Sleeping Beauty (1959), we heard Sleeping Beauty sing, “I know you, I walked with you once upon a dream. I know you, that gleam in your eyes is so familiar a gleam. And I know it’s true that visions are seldom all they seem. But if I know you, I know what you’ll do. You’ll love me at once, the way you did once upon a …show more content…
Think not about your frustrations, but about your unfulfilled potential. Concern yourself not with what you tried and failed in, but with what is still possible for you to do.”
The Modern Catholic Dictionary defines “hope” as follows:
The confident desire of obtaining a future good that is difficult to attain. It is therefore a desire, which implies seeking and pursuing; some future good that is not yet possessed but wanted, unlike fear that shrinks from a future evil. This future good draws out a person’s volition. Hope is confident that what is desired will certainly be attained. It is the opposite of despair. Yet it recognizes that the object wanted is not easily obtained and that it requires effort to overcome whatever obstacles stand in the way.
Christian hope requires a desire for everlasting life with God in Heaven. We are driven by what our minds present to us as desirable.
As children, our lives were filled with great hope and anticipation. Unfortunately, as we grow older, the burdens and struggles of life overwhelm us and our youthful hope sometimes turns into discouragement and