This was my entry for one of past contests.

The contest theme was “What do you dream of when you dream of Disney?” and, as some of my usual watchers and friends are aware, one of my biggest dreams is to work for Disney (traditional animation only, though ).

To me, Disney characters make you dream. They inspire you even when you’re tiny that there’s nothing out there you can’t do if you want it bad enough. To me, these three characters specifically inspire me to dream my greatest dream. They each had something they desired over anything—Belle was a provincial girl who longed for an adventure and unconditional understanding; Aladdin was a poor street rat who dreamed to one day climb the ranks and be able to be with the person he loved, and Ariel was a mermaid who dreamed of taking her place in a completely different world—and no matter how impossible their aspirations sometimes appeared or how hard the lessons were to learn, they never forgot what they believed in, and never forgot why they believed in it. All Disney characters dream; from Cinderella to Simba to Jim Hawkins, and they each tell us to live for it.

It’s what these characters tell me that I have to remember. Our dreams are only as close or as far away as we think they are. What do I dream of when I dream of Disney? I dream of dreams.

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Artwork © *Trounced
Belle, Aladdin, Ariel © Disney

I won third!