What Would Moana Do? Seven Life Lessons From Disney Princesses

Last updated on: November 22, 2016 at 1:00 pm by Paul Asay

What Would Moana Do? Seven Life Lessons From Disney Princesses 2016-11-22T13:00:58-06:00 Paul Asay

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Anna: Loving people even when it’s hard

Sisters Anna and Elsa from Frozen have long had a chilly relationship. Elsa’s strange talent to freeze things, and her inability to control that talent, drove an icicle wedge between the two sisters, from their earliest days, and it’s only gotten worse with time. Indeed, Elsa’s withdrawn from pretty much everybody—until finally, during a memorably messy coronation party, Elsa withdraws all the way to her own frozen fortress.

What does Anna do? She tries to bring her home, of course—just like any good sister would. It doesn’t matter that Elsa has never been particularly affectionate or has the power to literally freeze her out. Anna sees a soul, a sister, in need of a little help. And she’s determined to give it.

“You know, most people who disappear into the mountains want to be alone,” Kristoff, reindeer owner and would-be hero, tells her.

“Nobody wants to be alone,” Anna tells him. “Except maybe you.”

Anna is motivated by a love of her sister, of course. But she also reminds us of a very important truth: Nobody wants to be alone. Often the most unlovable people are the very people who need love the most. And it echoes something that Jesus told us in the book of Luke: “If you love those who love you, what benefit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them. And if you do good to those who do good to you, what benefit is that to you? For even sinners do the same. … love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return, and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, for he is kind to the ungrateful and the evil.” (Luke 32-33, 35)

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