One of the themes running through the fairytale programme that we are watching is of whether to believe people can change for the better. I like the staggered revelations as to why the "baddies" in the present became that way. They all start as good and through humiliation turn to a darker side, and I find it easier to view them kindly once their past is portrayed.
Change is tough. We can get into our well defended default ways of being and it can be hard to shift out of them.
Today has had more than its fair share of disappointments, but it has had its positives too. I can see how if you live with an attitude of belief that change is possible, we can set ourselves up to be let down. Those characters in the tv series who hold out hope are the ones dashed hardest when that change doesn't seem to have been for real. And yet so far at least, those who refuse to see the potential in others, are not those I identify with most strongly. If we don't keep looking for the best then what do we have?
Cumbria is very wet!
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