Recently I stumbled upon a Pinterest picture, it wrote ‘as lost as Alice, as mad as the hatter’ . Having been previously to an adorable Alice-in-Wonderldand-themed coffee shop, I found it whimsical to go there again by myself and think these words, which they felt like they were stuck in my mind.
As I drank my tea –the appropriate beverage given the place-, with my thoughts and my notebook as my only companion, I realized that, these particular words stayed with me because at times I’ve felt this way. Aren’t we all? Is there anyone who can boast that never felt lost or a bit mad? But why should that be a bad thing?
We’ve all been lost at times, but when Alice found herself in this dire situation, she embraced it and actually had the time of her life. Though we cannot all be this lucky, if we really try we may find our way back, or wherever it is we want to be.
Questions that leave us feeling astray will always be a part of life. Did I choose the right career path? Do I appreciate enough those who love me? Am I all that I can be? All these questions, left unanswered will bring chaos in the mind and the feeling of being lost will grow stronger. These questions demand to be answered and we have been taught that the only acceptable answer is ‘yes’. Therein, I found, lies the problem. Because if the answer isn’t the ‘correct’ one, we will continue to feel lost. But what if the answer is ‘no’? If we summon the courage to answer honestly, ‘no’ is a perfectly acceptable response, seeing that it opens the way to change.
If we can admit that the road we’re on, is the wrong one, we can always change paths. It will be an arduous effort –since we don’t possess the potions that help Alice through Wonderland- but I feel that everything else is better than feeling lost, and later trapped…
The same goes for the hatter that was labeled mad. The question remains ‘why’? Because as Cheshire cat said his reality is different than ours? Personally if I could live a life with such constant joy, with loyal friends and with a job that satisfies me so much, you can call me mad any time of the day!
As children we often heard that our dreams are unrealistic –mad- and sometimes they truly are. With great disappointment I realized that I cannot become a fairy or a pirate. Despite though the odds I am working endlessly on becoming an actress –for the time being an amateur one-, which is needless to say another dream defined as mad…
Lewis Carroll created a world full of possibilities, of dreams coming true. The bitter truth though is that ‘’the only way to achieve the impossible, is to believe that is possible’’ cannot always come true, but I think he attempted to teach us to try our damndest before we give up. Personally, when I find myself fed up with the real world, I try to seek comfort in his words:
‘’A dream is not reality, but who’s to say which is which?’’
KISSES.
E!
