I learnt the most amazing word after watching 'The Polar Express' (yes I recently saw the 2004 animated movie) - believe. Why, as we grow, do we doubt and mistrust so much?
In case you haven't seen the motion picture or don't remember it, its about this boy who doesn't believe that Santa is for real. There comes the 'The Polar Express' to take him to the North Pole, elves and Santa on Christmas eve (I wish I could board the express). And begins his journey of fun and adventure with the friends he makes on the train. As he reaches the North Pole, neither does he hear the Bell from Santa's sleigh nor does he see Santa as he still doesn't believe them to be real. But as he believes them to be real, he sees them all. Santa asks him the present he'd like for Christmas and he asks for the Bell. The movie ends with the boy saying that as long as we truly believe, we can hear the Bell.
Though we're far from Christmas, if Santa was to ask me the present I'd like for Christmas, I'd choose to be always super positive and never stop believing. Life can be so simple if we can always think like children. So, close your eyes and believe.
