The Thing About Matilda Is That It Not Only Says That It's Okay To Let It Go, But It Also Acknowledges

the thing about matilda is that it not only says that it's okay to let it go, but it also acknowledges that all the bad things happened to you even though you don't deserve it. and i love it, because it's so easy to say 'you're okay. you can let it go' but sometimes you also need to talk about it to be okay. 'you talk of the pain like it's all alright, but i know that you feel like a piece of you is dead inside'. because that's what we usually do, we immediately supress our feelings and put a brave face on because we need to carry on with our lives and it's such a weight on our shoulders, but we still try to weather it out. and we act like it's no big deal, like we're not surprised the bad stuff happened because we're so used to things not going our way that we're almost resigned to it. and then, after acknowledging all of this, after admitting how all the things that happened to you weren't right, then you can let it go. you can create a life of your own, where you're the one in control, where you get to choose where you want to go. it's like holding in a scream for the longest time ever and only ever softly sighing but reaching a point where you're just. screaming into the void. and it hits you that you're finally free of the dead weight. that you're gonna be alright. you can let it go.