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Try To Be More Olaf
We’ve heard it said so often, “Are you a glass half full or a glass half empty person?” Personally, I like the joke that says “Optimists say the glass is half full, pessimists say the glass is half empty, and philosophers say that the glass is too big”.
All jokes aside though, we live in a world where the glass half empty mentality is becoming far too commonplace. We are so quick to look on the negative side of things, and we don’t always see the beauty and blessing in even the harder things of life.
IN SUMMER
In the song “In Summer” from the Frozen soundtrack (which is currently stuck in my head), Olaf sings of all the wonderful things he imagines he will enjoy when (not if) he gets to experience summer. He never even questions the thought that when summer comes, he will no longer be there because he will have melted.
Near the end of the song, the rhyming set up of the lyrics clearly shows that if Olaf had followed with convention, he would undoubtedly melt, turning into a puddle, which would complete the rhyme.
This little snowman turns away and in an act of outward defiance, sings of the joy he will have when he gets to experience bees and dandelions and flowers, and the beach and sunshine. He lists all of…
