here’s the thing is. It’s not about Sunny being a little spoiled diva (ok it totally is but keep listening), it’s about her and her siblings being rescued from an island that has been hell for every single person who has encountered it. And they are told they will get parents. And she is a kid. They have nothing, as far as we know they didn’t have parents before.
if I went up to an eight year old right now and asked them what rich people do, what do you think they would say?
Maybe that they have big fancy tea parties, with feather boas and crowns.
Maybe that they can have anything they need, anything they want. That the world is at their fingertips.
Maybe, they might say they have people taking care of them, all the time. That they have someone at their beck and call at all times.
I want you to think back to the first time you can remember getting a present from your parents. What did it feel like? Was it magical, was it warm? Were you excited?
Think back to playing with your parents. What was that like? Was it fun, was it warm? Did it feel like safety and adventure at the same time?
What about the first time you remember being sick and your parents needing to take care of you. Did you cuddle with them, did you watch your favourite movies and eat your favourite snacks? Did it feel nice? Was it warm? Did you feel loved?
Did it feel like home?
if you never got to have any of those experiences, would you want them? Would you know to want them?
If you didn’t, how do you ask for that? For those feelings? How do you say that you want those feelings?
Well… what about a tea party? We can wear crowns and feather boas and ride around in a fancy train. Please? I want it. A lot.
Can I have money? Or a crown? Or a warp stone? Can I have coffee, and a factory, and a train? Please? I want it a lot.
I don’t want to wear armour. It’s heavy and ugly. I don’t need it. You’ll protect me. Stay by my side and protect me. Please, I want it a lot.
I want you to live in that. That moment of asking for love and affection and safety in the only way you know how. The only way you would know people might get those feelings.
And I want you to live in the next moment, where someone looks at you, and they smile so wide, and they say yes.
And then try to tell me you would stop asking.
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