A tale of an impoverished boy who falls in love with a Princess being unable to suit her because he himself is not a Prince. The boy, Aladdin, becomes tricked into helping an evil sorcerer retrieve a special lamp in turn for wealth and riches - Aladdin must travel into an unknown cave and retrieve this lamp without knowing it's full powers. After the sorcerer attempts to double-cross him, Aladdin finds himself trapped in the cave with the lamp and a magical carpet to sweep him around. Aladdin eventually rubs the lamp himself and is granted three wishes to escape the cave and make attempts to win the Princess over.
The story goes on to have Aladdin wishing for riches and status to which he believes will help him gain the heart of his princess when all along he would have won her heart ultimately by being himself. While trying to court the Princess, Aladdin shows her the world on his Magic carpet.
Was it really a magic carpet?? Or would showing the world to her be an expression of loving her unconditionally, offering her a life of imagination, fun, laughter, hope and more? My belief is the latter...We don't need a magical carpet to fly us around the world, but instead we can do so through the use of creativity and imagination in our own mind - living beyond the everyday limitations we can sometimes feel.
Close your eyes and step onto your "Magic Carpet" let it swoop and sore you around letting your mind wander, twist and turn...opening up a whole new world from the everyday reality we get caught up in - doing so keeps our puppy alive within all of us...
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