Mary Poppins ~ Did You Forget?

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"They did once," said Mary Poppins, ...

"What?" said John & Barbara together in very surprised voices. "Really? You mean they understand the Starling and the Wind and --"

"And what the trees say and the language of the sunlight and the stars - of course they did! Once," said Mary Poppins.

"But how is it that they've forgotten it all?" said John...

"Because they're older..." ~Mary Poppins, PL Travers

What mystery & magic might you have forgotten? Perhaps there's a way to remember again.

In the book, not too long after the conversation quoted above, there's a scene where Starling comes back for a visit. He comes to the babies' room and Mary Poppins is there with them, as usual. But this time when he greets the twins, they babble in response.

They don't understand what he's saying, and they can't communicate their thoughts with him. She explains that it's happened. They've forgotten.

He shrugs it off and just says that he'll miss talking with them. But then, he surreptitiously wipes his eyes.

Could that have happened to you?

Were the animals, the trees, and other sentient beings sad when you forgot the way to connect with them? Are they waiting, even now, for you to remember?

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Does a Spoonful of Sugar Really Help? Learning from Mary Poppins

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For those of us trying to create faerietale happiness or a more enchanted lifestyle, what can Mary Poppins teach us?

(1) Schedule a regular "day out" for the pursuit of pleasure.

(2) Consider having afternoon tea and your favorite treat every now and then.

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(3) Imagine yourself into the picture of your life you'd most like to see come true. Practice that regularly.

(4) Don't give up hope! Things might work out after all.

(5) Make regular visits to Faerieland. "Everybody's got a Fairyland of their own, " Mary tells us. Find yours and visit often.

(6) Laughter is uplifting! :)

(7) Sometimes, for no particular reason, you will wake up on the wrong side of the bed. The solution: surrender to warmth and comfort and love.

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The Magic of Mary Poppins

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"There was something strange and extraordinary about her ~ something that was frightening and at the same time most exciting." ~Mary Poppins by PL Travers

Mary Poppins begins as the story of how an English family, living in the smallest house on Cherry Tree Lane, and suddenly finding themselves without a nanny, acquired one who was far more than they bargained for. But it becomes a story about how her presence, and their experience of her transforms them. The ending suggests a nicer happily-ever-after than they would have had without her.

"They knew, both of them, that something strange and wonderful had happened at Number Seventeen, Cherry Tree Lane." ~Mary Poppins by PL Travers

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Are you a Sleeping Beauty
or a Faerie Godmother?
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