Lessons from LABYRINTH (what can I say? it is a Great Movie)

Okay, Ashley is now becoming a full-fledged

                      DAVID BOWIE Fan!!

            and she is

                  hooked on the movie, LABYRINTH!

She wants to watch it over and over.   (and we do!)

      (she got that from her mom, when

                I fall for a movie, I fall hard!)

So, we are talking about the movie.  It is loaded with Super Life Lessons,  like:

*Be careful what you wish for, it just might happen!   Sarah never really expected the Goblin King to take her little brother, but she kept wishing for it, and alas, he did!

*Do not take things for granted.  Hoggle warns Sarah of this danger early in her quest to solve the Labyrinth - taking things for granted causes us to miss opportunity - make things more difficult than they have to be...

*Sarah keeps complaining, "It's not Fair!!"  She says it alot, at one point the Goblin King quizzes her, "you say that so often, I wonder what your basis your comparison is..."

                   when Hoggle cries to Sarah, "it's not fair!" 

                               She finally gets it, responding 'no, it's not fair - but, that is how it is..."

      Sometimes, life is not fair, and we just have to manage through it...

*Take on Tough Problems and Solve Them!   When Sarah comes to a Choice of Two Doors - she has to think carefully:  which door should she choose?  she knows - one dorkeeper always tells the truth / the other always lies...     with a little serious thought, she solves the dilemma...      We can, too...

*Even when times are tough - especially when times are tough, be clear about who is trying to help you!  when Lutto is hanging upside down, the meanies tormenting him with their evil chomper monsters snapping at him.  It is an awful ordeal!  Sarah rescues him - he continues to grumble.  She notes, she is helping him, he recognizes, "Sarah, Friend!"     

               We can have Great Friends - I remind Ashley, if you want to have a friend, you need to be a friend!

*Everyone deserves needs forgiveness.   Hoggle betrays Sarah - he feels absolutely hopeless.  Could anyone understand?  he did a terrible thing, he was afraid.  But, Sarah understands, she forgives him and it strengthens their bond.

       (the funny, crazy secret: forgiveness does as much if not more for the forgiver, than the forgiven...)

*Little brothers are not so bad!   Sarah wins her brother back in the end

                                       - and she lives happily ever after with her new friends!

If you have not seen this movie, give it a try - It is Fun for All Ages!