Mr Bean's House

Pain

Pain causes us to contemplate, to change direction. It prompts us to look at things differently. With emotional pain as with physical pain, if we keep doing some thing stupid we keep getting hurt. We might say, "Well it shouldn't hurt, i don't want it to hurt," but it will still hurt. Some people manage to hurt over something twenty four hours a day, three hundred and sixty five days a year. They never realise it is time to take their hand off the stove.

The Story of Rapunzel

Like many fairy stories, the tale of Rapunzel has a deeper meaning to it. It is a story about self-image. Rapunzel is a young lady who lives locked up in a castle, imprisoned by an old witch who continually tells her how ugly she is. One day, a handsome prince passes by the tower and tells Rapunzel of her loveliness. She lets down her golden locks, (apparently of some considerable length) so he may climb her hair to rescue her.

It is neither the castle nor the witch that has kept her a prisoner, but the belief in her own uglisness. When she recognises her beauty, reflected in the face of her prince charming, she sees that she can be set free.

We all need to be aware of the witch or witches inside ourselves that are stopping us from breaking free.