misunderstood

when i was in norcal this past week, my cousin, alina, took me to sf to watch the musical, "wicked." i heard so many wonderful things about it so i was pretty excited to watch it. and oh my, the performance was amazingggg!!! i was so engaged in the story that i began to feel for the characters and i became so frustrated with how the wicked witch has been misunderstood this whole time!! ahh, just thinking about it still irks me, haha! :P

but anyway. i grew up thinking that the wicked witch from "the wizard of oz" was nasty and evil. but as it turns out, she's really not. there's a reason why she's called the "wicked witch" but does anyone know who she really is? why she's even green? what her real name is? who her family is? NO.

gosh. we humans THINK we know who people are just by looking at them or hearing about their "reputation." we're so quick to point fingers and put labels on those around us. as great as "wicked" was, i felt so ashamed because... i'm guilty of "judging a book by its cover." i hope that i'll be better at getting to know a person first before i think i know who s/he is.

man, i'm so sorry, elphaba (the wicked witch's real name), for misunderstanding you all this time! but i'm really glad you had a happy ending!!~ :)