Matilda the Musical was beyond amazing!
Matilda is a film that I’ve loved since I was young, seeing much of my own self in the main character, always getting lost in books & stories, dreaming much too much for my own good.
This musical, hands down, is my favorite I’ve seen during my time in London. It made me laugh & cry, reminding me of my own childhood in so many ways. (The good bits, I promise!) I can only hope that I can inspire another young person, just as Miss Honey inspired Matilda.
I relate to Matilda quite a bit, as growing up, being a bookworm was not applauded, but teased about. But I always believed that if Matilda could do amazing things with her smarts & knowledge, that I could, too.
Now that I’m all grown up, I’ve realized that all those years of being a bit uncool really don’t matter in the grand scheme of it all. I’ve read some grand books & have gone on some amazing adventures, real (like the one I’m currently embarking on!) & fictional, and have become the best version of myself because of it all.
What I’ve realized from seeing this story I love so much portrayed on a stage, is that encouraging people to read, daydream, adventure, from a young age is one gift, insurmountable.
Although it may seem silly to entertain such fantastical thoughts that sprout from a young mind, it seems that when children grow up, they forget that the whimsy in life is the best part of it all. So as people grow up, they also grow out of dreaming, conforming to this bland mold that society presents them.
But in the words of Matilda, “Nobody but [you] is gonna change [your] story.
Sometimes you have to be a little bit naughty.”
So go forth & dream on, encourage your children, siblings, nieces & nephews, to keep on believing that they can do anything. Because if they believe it from a young age, they’ll believe it for their whole life.
