Thank You, Walter ~

My one weakness through school was verbal communication and writing back in my early days in grade school. Back then, I felt inspired by the creations brought to life through animations by Walt Disney. I learned more from those educational shows on that channel better than my own school because my teachers never understood my problems. They were stressed, therefore I would get stressed out and not do well. I was put down by them because they didn’t know how to teach me. I was different from the other children. I learned things differently.

I had social issues because of those teachers and began to enjoy being by myself. I would retreat to my backyard or shut myself away in my room because I felt pressured and uncomfortable around other people: Even my own parents.

Disney is just full of cartoons… Just characters that are just colored pictures, right? They don’t exist. They couldn’t possibly be healthy to look to them as inspiration. They gave me the reason to practice something I had trouble with… in something I hated and was scared of.

Because of those characters and stories, I love doing the one thing that had teachers constantly yell at me about. I write now. Every day and people love them, surprisingly. How on earth did that happen?

Sure my writing isn’t so perfect, but it gets better… I hated it at first, but now I adore it. I need to do it.

Thanks, Disney ~