What I Learned From a Girl With A Frying Pan

I love Disney. I just love the adventures and the stories. My favorite Disney Princess movie is Tangled. I just love Rapunzel. I love how adventurous she is. I love how she knows what she wants and she goes for it. I love that she has a dream. Actually... That is my favorite song in the movie. All of those ruffians and thugs who have quite adorable dreams such as falling in love, being a concert pianist, a florist, an interior designer, etc. Oh... I should mention the ceramic unicorns. That's my personal favorite. But the point I am trying to make is Heavenly Father would not allow us to dream if we could not do it. I am convinced that each person in the world could do what they wanted if you put your mind to it.

Rapunzel's dream is to go and see the floating lights in person. It is something she has wanted her whole 18 years of life. She watches them every year and knows that they are something meaningful. Our dreams have meaning to each of us. Our dreams are something we shouldn't just cast aside because someone says we can't do it. What stands between you and your dreams is you. But, we must realize that in the process of achieving our dreams, we may find ones we never even realized we had.



How do we achieve our dreams?

1. Have a Vision- Look at what you want to do. Look at how it will benefit you and your family and whomever else is in your life. Look at the kind of person it will make you. I know that this is something that can really help us see. Rapunzel's vision was seeing the floating lights in person. She wanted to know what they were. Her vision was to get out of the tower and experience the world. her mother told her she couldn't do it... Then she met Flynn.

2. Set Goals- Goal setting is key. As a missionary we set daily, weekly, monthly, and transfer goals. Elder M. Russel Ballard of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles said,

 "I am so thoroughly convinced that if we don't set goals in our life and learn how to master the techniques

 of living to reach our goals, we can reach a ripe old age and look back on our life only to see that

 we reached but a small part of our full potential. When one learns to master the principles 

of setting a goal, he will then be able to make a great difference in the results he attains in this life.

Goal setting is everything. What goals should we set? Realistic goals. One's that we can achieve. Now, this doesn't mean you can't achieve great goal. But to get to your vision, you must set goals. First, when Flynn Ryder came into the picture, Rapunzel set a goal to get him to take her to the lights. She knocked him out with a frying pan, tied him up in her hair, and she realized she could get him to take her. Realistic goal. She knew she could achieve it. But she had one last step before.

3. Make Plans- Planning is the root of everything. Plan how you are going to achieve your goals. This is how you will know you are making realistic goals. Can you plan for them? Rapunzel's plan was to bribe Flynn with his satchel. He wanted it, she realized this, and used it to get him to take her to see the lights. She executed her plan quite well and he became her guide.

As we follow this pattern, we will be able to be like Rapunzel and live our dreams. Maybe in the process we will be like Flynn and discover dreams we never knew we had. We will be able to achieve all that our Father in Heaven wants us to achieve. I can promise you all this!

I love you all!

Love, 

Sister Mackenzie Esmond