“Stop be like Cinderella,” sharply warned me mother a day before my Birthday. “It is dangerous!” Kissing Cinderella
Picture by Disney Cinderella 2015 |
As a little girl I
had an excellent auntie what I appreciated and admired very much. I
wished to be like her one day. She was a sister of my grandfather
from my father side. She was brave and kind. Her name was Cinderella.
She was always a pretty
and clever lady with excellent manners and she founded her big love
what was her husband the director of brewery and his surname was
Cinders (translated from my language) so after their wedding nobody
call her otherwise then Cinderella. She have had an amazing and very
fitting name – in my language is Liba (translated to English does
mean ´kissing´). So how you can see... my auntie.. ´Kissing
Cinderella´ was very... full of inspiration! :-).
She looked after him
and their children, was very active and passionate and has ´never
gave up´ - positive approach to the life. After her husband death
she continued with her work and started be independent accountant to
earn money for travelling across the word just alone. She wore chick
bonnets and always when she arrived from some far placed destination,
including Egypt, India, South America, etc. came in to us and told us
lot of amazing stories and her adventures. I liked her and I wanted
be like her. My family is very conservative and she was absolutely
opposite. She was really how it is wrote down in screenplay of
fairytale fiction film Cinderella – she was really kind and brave.
My mum is still suffering I has got her spirit. My mum is whole life
living in the same town – and actually in the same street –
living and working as well (she is an teacher and the school is next
door of my parents house). She is worried about me lot of. I am
sometimes travelling as well (and last time moved to the London...).
I have been having chat per skype yesterday – day before my
Birthday – and she told me very scarried suddenly: “Oh! So this
is very dangerous! You are really going to the dangerous country!”
I was so surprised: “What mum... what do you mean...” Mum looked
really very upset: “You want go to the Israel! But this is very
dangerous! You can see the news now! There is not safe!!!” I
couldnot get it. Cos I did not plane travelling to the Israel now.
“No, mum... I am not travelling to the Israel...” Mum insisted on
her: “Oh yes, I read it... have read it in your article...!” Oh
yes... my mum was so proud of herself and started make an research on
google and she started doing research on my! Myself! What! My mum is
my stalker, detective or what! She founded my older articles and
started read it (o.k. I did not tell her about them – cos I was
worried that she will be scarried... and I was right...). So she
discovered my article who I noticed that the journey to the Israel is
waiting for me. “But I can not promiss that I wont go to the
Israel, mum. I am able to promiss to you sure I am waiting for calm
down situation. But do you know... one day I have to go there. It is
not able to avoid that – otherwise I am not able finish my work
about Holocaust (my long term project – I will write about that
later).” Mum was scaried. She is really convinced that I am able to
go to the dangerous countries – just cos making reportage, film,
etc... It is my mistake. It took a long time – many years. Actually
started it when I decided go to the Army for a short training for War
correspondent journalist and humanitarian workers. And I did it. My
mum unfortunately watched the reportage about our training and if she
watched my totally exhausted in a military space (unfortunately it
was a special training ´how to deal and try to alive kidnapping by
the terrorist´ - very hard) – she started with this fear. I told
her many times that the most important things what I reached in army
was ´never come in to the dangerous situation´ - avoiding them is
the basic thing for surviving... And I am keeping that. Recognize
your /my borders and never underestimate the situation and never
oversell myself. So now my mum thing I am like a my auntie Cinderella
– not because she has happy marriage but cos she has encourage. But
I dont know if I have got that... I am happy to did it – this
training cos now I could better recognize the dangerous and avoid to
that. And know that the people around us are very important for us...
In war.. in piece... in love...
Love. This is what we
all are looking for all our
life. “The
most important thing of the life is to find the right person,”
wrote me one friend of mine a few weeks ago. “What do you think
about that?” Until now I have not answered to him. It was not the
case of I did not know the right answer. The answer is truly very
easy... It is just simply: “YES, it is!” I was just think that it
is so obviously that it is not necessary speak or doubt about that.
It was before Christmas and there was launched a new film – fairy
tale – Cinderella. Old well known story what everybody know but
still love it! Cos the story is really working. Actually I was not
ready to see this story. I was a little bit disapointed about that.
I said myself: “Oh... next Cinderella and from Disney... it will be
really next one - very cheesy film about love... with tricks.... o.k.
But for little girls... why not...”
But
yesterday I watched a Czech internet TV – one program where very
good and respected film critics are recommending and judging films.
The Czech film critics are very strict – specially about Hollywood
and Disney films as well. There were two men and one woman. The woman
was very taft and rough – highly intelligent (was very happy about
film Suffragette), not convenient nature and independent approach.
She appreciated the films like The Revenant, etc. A moment before
ending discussion when the men wanted cancelled that, she said: “Oh,
wait – actually!” - “The Cinderella!” The men was having a
look of her – if she is really not out off her mind. “The
Cinderella?” repeated one of them. She nodded: “Indeed,
Cinderella!” And then she quickly added: “Cos amazing costumes
and scenery and film tricks!” The host amused nodded and took it.
The program was finished and I just could remember her small hidden
smile. Cos Cinderella. So I gone to the on-line TV and I started to
watch Cinderella film – but with big scorn. But something magic..
or it was the magic words... be kind and brave... - what Cinderella´s
mum and then fairy are talking about... I dont know... But I enjoyed
it and I realized that the most important things are really here and
always will bee here: We have to be really kind to other people and
be brave and sometimes take a risk in life. And the biggest risk in
the life is love. Be brave to say someone that you like/love him/her
or start relationship with someone despite having a fear of hurting
and not ending great... that one of you one day left each other or be
passed away...
There is no guarantee for a life – sometimes we have to take a risk or just try to take a small piece of happiness what the life is offering to us.
There is no guarantee for a life – sometimes we have to take a risk or just try to take a small piece of happiness what the life is offering to us.
So
I could promiss my mum I am doing that! I am really lot of spirit of
my auntie Cinderella – but I promiss to her I will be avoiding to
dangerous situation when I will be able to recognize them. :-) Do you
know... C´est la vie...:-)