My favorite Disney princess is, and likely will always be, Pocahontas. As a little girl, she was the princess with whom I most identified. I remember watching Pocahontas repeatedly and having a bootleg mystery book where I helped Pocahontas to find her father’s headdress. My name was printed in the book and everything. I was also a big fan of Cinderella, but I didn’t identify with her. I didn’t admire her or idolize her in the way I did Pocahontas. With the introduction of an African-American princess into the Disney canon, I guess I could be expected to identify more with her but I don’t.
Maybe we look more alike but we certainly don’t have similar ideas about life. My life philosophy is more “Just Around the River Bend” than “Almost There.” Life’s about enjoying the journey and finding the next amazing journey, not building someone else’s dream and hating life along the way. I couldn’t have Tiana’s single-minded pursuit of a dream instilled in her by her father. I’ve been spending a lot of time trying to figure out what is “just around the river bend” and figuring out how to live a life full of excitement and enjoyment.
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