As a kid I loved to watch the movie The Lion King. Even now at 20 years old I still love that movie. One of my favorite characters is Mufasa. He is just so cool and I always wanted to have his voice. But anyways, Mufasa is the one that leads Simba, his son, throughout his life. He guides him and helps him along the way. He is there to give Simba advice when he needs it.
My second favorite characters are Timon and Pumbaa. They are best friends that meet up with Simba when he ran away. They make him their friend and look after him. They teach him the term " Hakuna matata" which means no worries. Simba ran away from his problems and feelings of guilt and shame. He tries to forget his past and just worry about now. But his past catches up with him. Simba runs into this monkey named Rafiki. He tries to tell Simba that he can't always run away from his past. But Simba wont listen, so Rafiki has to show him instead of tell him. Rafiki hits him on the head with his stick. Simba says "What was that for?" Rafiki says back "What does it matter? Its in the past." Simba answeres " Ya, but it still hurts." Rafiki replies, "What happens in the past may still hurts if not takin care of."
Rafiki helped Simba understand that you still have to take care of things that happened in the past in order to overcome them. Now Simba has the support of his friends Timon and Pumbaa, and the guidance of his father, Mufasa. Simba goes back to his home in Pride rock to face his past. Simba's uncle Scar has takin over his land and has ruined it all. Simba, with the help of Mufasa, overcomes his trials and regains his land and gets rid of the guilt and shame he felt.
I have related this great movie to myself and others. How often do we try to run away from our past? Trying to forget our feelings of guilt and shame that are caused from our past transgressions and sins. Just like Simba did, we have a loving 'Heavenly' Father to guide us along our way. He is here to help us IF we ask and accept it from him. Because of our Savior's atonement we are able to face our past and overcome those feelings that we felt. Through Him we can once again be happy and have peace and joy in our life. Just like Rafiki said "What happens in the past still hurts..." but we can overcome it with our fathers help.
