Glass Castle post 5

Here we go, the first post of week three.
People said I worte too much... Do I write too much on my blog? Just doing a survey here.
I'm starting it now, but I should warn you before you start, I have no idea how it is going to end... ::evil laughter::

"We laughed about all the kinds who believed in the Santa myth and got nothing for Christmas but a bunch of cheap plastic toys. 'Years from now, when all the junks that got is broken and long forgotten,' Dad said, 'you'll still have your stars.'"(41)
Jeannette’s parents refused to let their kid believe in myths. Rather than let them enjoy their childhood blindly and drown themselves in the wonderful world of imagination, they told Jeannette that there is not such person as the Santa Clause, and for Christmas, they gave each of their children a star instead of toys. The stars are resemblance of, in my opinion, dreams and goals. Basically, those material wealth and myths will eventually, in a point of your life, be deceived by you and fade away, however, your dreams, if you are fond of them, they will always be in your heart and be a motivation for everything.
Things that have shape or form are not eternal, in some point of time, it has to fade away. It's kind of like the idea of Buddhism. In Buddhism, because everything will eventually disappear, and if one want to reach the stage of eternity, the only way is to follow the four noble truths... Okay, I'm going to stop now... World history is getting on to me...
Anyway, in my opinion, her parents are quite thoughtful. All of those who had once believed in Santa Clause, when we first realized that the existance of Santa is completely made up, didn't we all felt disappoint to a certain degree? Following the same theory, if someone tells you that your belief is not true and that person has legitimate resources to back himself/herself up, you will feel the same disappointment, a hurtful feeling that some part of you literally was crashed and left behind. Jeannette's parents were not intended to let their children to go throughsuch pain, whether extremely hurtful or not. Thus they tell them the truth first. To avoid further costs.
On the other hand, stars, or dreams, are things that you just simply cannot destroy. Yes, in the future, you may realize that they are not as simple as they looks, they may even sound absolutly impossible, but it doesn't matter. There's a difference between a dream and a belief. Dreams can be crashed, but still remains and heal itself through time. On the other hand, a belief, when it is destroyed, it's gone. You will always have such a hope that this dream may come true, and what I mean is that people can tell you that your dream is unreal, but they have no proof whatsoever that it will never be true. In the absence of proof, people can easily regain self-confidence, and keep their dreams handy.