What does Hannah Montana have that most can never and probably never will find? What’s that single most identifiable element that continues to push open the poison ivy crowding an overrun forest enabling her to softly walk in as if nothings stood in the way of the billions before her?
Off camera and away from the studio microphone Miley Cyrus doesn’t seem to bare the infamous Golden Child attitude, you know, daddies best or the middle school class favorite destine to be the first married or hold an office in local government. If anything, her storyline and presentation on screen and through the lyrics she sings tend to promote consequences.
And yet we continue to watch and listen?
Artist Way Author Julia Cameron believes if the average person would stop comparing their living chapters to Hollywood, the highest shapes of happiness would shower your journey with unforgettable blossoms of success.
If there is a comparison to be held in the continuing drama of Hannah Montana, it seeks more than a red carpet and blankets and pillows with your face and blonde wig plastered all over them. Miley’s on stage vow to be a famous musician is nothing more than a particle of sand on a very windy day. Looking beyond Disney’s marketing plan, the Hannah Montana character is Keith and Danny facing the same growing up challenges on a weekly basis during an episode of The Partridge Family.
So what did David Cassidy have that most can never and probably never will find? Is it likeability? Might it be that early seventies sex appeal? What can two completely different teen idols from separate generations have in common outside of a television show fed by almost true nearly new to life experiences?
Relationship.
The Brady Bunch had it and so did Hawk, Pierce and Radar on MASH. Relationship bleeds off the set of Scrubs, House and even American Idol. Without relationship, the journey fails in the department of enjoyment. Ryan Seacrest makes it a point to poke fun at Simon Cowell. Why? Because you do it and through them you locate enjoyment…we all have big know-it-all brothers and figuring out ways to put them in their place is a lifelong mission for some…watching shows like Hannah Montana guide us in ways of teaching us that we’re not alone.
Dr. Mick Ukleja believes strong personal relationships are extremely important inside the ranks of continued growth. It doesn’t have to be intertwined within the tight weaves of family but he coaches us into believing strong relationships outside the shields of protection must include friends, coworkers and others who might share the same hobbies as you.
Can you imagine being part of a MASH unit without relationship being an option? It took a strong relationship between several men in the United States Navy and the FBI to rescue the captain off a hijacked ship. Suddenly Jack Sparrow and the Pirates of the Caribbean aren’t looking like poster children.
Strong relationships begin with truth. If you can’t be trusted, there can’t be a relationship. Look at what happened in Hannah Montana the Movie when Robby Ray landed the airplane in Tennessee rather than New York City! Seconds after discovering she wouldn’t be making it to the awards show, Miley wasn’t part of the picture, inside her mind, the character came to life, making it a totally bad Hannah Montana attitude.
How often do we do this in real life? Two years to ninety eight…if someone’s efforts to help you aren’t looked upon as being an open palm…there’s a price to be paid. The spiral motion affects not just you but anyone who unexpectedly becomes involved. I felt horrible for Miley’s grandmother in the film…the only thing she wanted for her birthday was to see her little girl and little did she know there wasn’t enough Claritin in the world to clean up this snot.
Buy the truth and do not sell it, get wisdom, discipline and understanding.
Sometimes the truest shapes of value are nothing but blind spots on a body that wasn’t born with rearview mirrors, so in our quest to push forward we’re able to see our lives on big and tiny screens.
Hannah Montana isn’t the Jonas Brothers and they can’t be compared to the Saturday morning New Kids on the Block cartoon. What they have in common are writers who experience life and through their efforts of gaining access to higher ratings we live vicariously through them. People Magazine and Entertainment Tonight call them Idols when in reality Miley is nothing more than a teen girl with an early career.
Making it easier to relate with the set up aren’t expensive producers with highly touted camera angles and proper lighting but rather a father named Billy Ray whose day to day challenges reek of the same junk our parents shoved through our skulls 2.6 million times.
When the going gets tough on How I met your Mother or Two in a Half Men…we laugh, not necessarily at Charlie Sheen and Doogie Houser but the images we can’t see unless standing half naked in a mirror quickly getting ready for work.
If you know of someone racing to the mall to dress up like the current fad…look deeper into the meaning of Twilight, Ironman and I Love You Man. Each tale told is fed by the veins of a heart seeking life through relationship. In reality, what’s the one thing we want most out of life? To be accepted…
Steal their art…
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