Hakuna Matata

For a brief hour and 27 minutes last night I got to be 10 years old again. I would have been just as happy seeing The Lion King without the stupid 3D glasses, but it was pretty cool I guess. I was so excited I think I peed my pants a little. Ok, maybe not...but I was really excited. I found myself singing along to the songs that I hadn't heard in almost 16 years. I guess that year of watching the movie everyday finally paid off huh?  It was exactly the way I remembered it, because obviously the movie didn't change other then the 3D effects. The eyes that were watching it changed though. Because when your 10 there's still the belief that in an hour and a half all your problems can be solved. There's still the hope that happy endings really are just around the corner, true love is right in front of you and Hakuna Matata really is your life's motto. But somewhere in between 10 and 27 life happened and those beliefs died. When Simba goes back and faces his past it was just a little reminiscent of going back and being faced with my own. It was dark and barren, which was a stark contrast from what he remembered as a child. Kind of like when your parents divorce and you come home for Christmas and for the first time your father isn't there. And you know that no matter how hard you try, it'll never be the same. But at some point life goes on, and there are new memories to be made.  I know that life's problems can't be solved in under 2 hours.  I'm still waiting on true love to smack me in the face, and Hakuna Matata is just a cute song to my favorite children's movie.  But life did give me Kenny, who is and will always be my happy ending.