‘Cause even if you’re little you can do a lot
You mustn’t let a little thing like ‘little’ stop you
If you sit around and let them get on top
You won’t change a thing!
Just because you find that life’s not fair
It doesn’t mean that you just have to grin and bare it!
If you always take it on the chin and wear it
You might as well be saying you think that it’s okay
And that’s not right!
And if it’s not right
You have to put it right!
But nobody else is gonna put it right for me
Nobody but me is gonna change my story
Sometimes you have to be a little bit naughty!
Last week we took our Little to see Matilda the Musical. I loved the story of Matilda when I was a little girl, but truthfully there was a lot I had forgotten (go figure, over 20 years later!). For those of you that don’t know (or have forgotten as I had), Matilda is the story of a child prodigy – really. She is a special girl who is smart, adventurous, and reads like crazy! And who was never wanted by her parents. One of the songs that reprises throughout the musical is called “Naughty”, about the fact that just because your were dealt a crappy hand doesn’t mean it has to be the only hand you play – but the only way to get a better hand is to choose to play again.
I love the message of this song, especially given the focus on the irrelevance of being “little”. It’s such an important concept to teach our children and to remind ourselves of. We are the masters of our own fate. We must choose to stand out and do something different, if we want our lives to BE different. We have to right the wrongs, we can’t sit back and let the world happen around us. We have to put it right!
For a long time I stayed in the lines, followed the rules, chose the path most taken. I was alive but I wasn’t living. I finally chose a nontraditional path and it led me to a big, bold, beautiful love – and life. I think outside the box, I bend the rules, and I forge my own path. And I have learned that there are worse things than being naughty.
Today my story looks incredibly different than it did 10 years ago, because I chose to change it.
What does your story say about you? ❤