Lessons Learned from Dumbo

The first time I watched “Dumbo” with my family as we sat in my parent’s Oldsmobile at the Lincolndale Drive-In, and we were allowed to eat in the car. (Fun Fort Wayne Fact: The Lincolndale had a 500-car capacity.) 

I watched late last night “Dumbo,” celebrating this classic’s 75th Anniversary, and I had forgotten the lessons learned, including:

• If you have faith in a feather or something or someone else, the unexpected can happen. “Don’t just fly, soar.”
• It is not the quantity of your friends matter. It is the quality.
• People can change their minds and help you in a moment’s notice.
• A mother's love cannot be replaced.
• Adults can be mean in their actions and words.
• Some clowns aren’t funny. They are scary.
• Drink clean water or you could end up in a tree and out on a limb.

And mostly, “Do not judge others, and you will not be judged. For you will be treated as you treat others. The standard you use in judging is the standard by which you will be judged.” NLT
The lessons from "Dumbo" can be valuable in our lives.