 Release date -June 15, 1994 ( November 18 –PL)  Directed by Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff  Producted by Don Hahn Written by Irene Mecchi,Jonathan Roberts andLinda Woolverton Music by Hans Zimmer Studio -Walt Disney Pictures Distributed by Buena Vista Pictures  Running time -88 minutes  Country-United States  Budget$45 million  2 Oscars for the best music, 3 nominations Grammy, 3 Gold Globes  characters - Simba -Mufasa -Nala -Sarabi -Sarafina -Timon and Pumbaa - Zazu - Scar -Rafiki -Hyena trio

The Lion King is a moving story of a circle of life that portrays a lion cub’s journey to adulthood and royal throne. His happy days turn into tragedy when his cunning and evil uncle Scar murders Mufasa and influences Simba to run away from the kingdom. Simba lands in a jungle where he learns to live a carefree life with friends Pumbaa the warthog and Timon the meerkat.

The movie is worth watching for more than once and has many life lessons to learn from. Here are some of them that we felt are worth sharing.

Realize who you are and unlock your true potential by tapping into the power of your deepest motives and values.You are exactly the person who you think you are.

Mufasa only had a short time on the Pride Land with his son. But that doesn’t mean his influence didn’t have a lasting impact. In real life, we won’t see storm clouds who look like our parents but we can still feel their impact long after they are gone.

Sometimes we feel we are lost and nobody needs us, while the truth is just the opposite – they need you more than anything else even more than you to yourself.

Some people arrive in our lives only to satisfy their own vested interests; they try to persuade us to walk on the paths of evil and petty. The lesson learnt is, we need to keep a safe distance from such people. They contribute in every meaningful way to diminish the sum of our happiness.

Show respect, you might be superior in terms of belongings or business but everybody has self-respect and importance that bring value to the world in their own ways; therefore, they must be respected. Life is all about treating others the way you wish to be treated. Do not measure people by their possession or profession but by their significance

Past really hurts but it is in our hand to run away from it or learn from it. If you run, the past will keep haunting you. We need to face the situations with courage! Simba runs away from his past but at the end, he faces it and corrects.

Having a real good friend and adviser is like having a small million things together that can transform your life with small million steady steps.

Hakuna Matata, the Swahili phrase for“there are no worries”, is one of the most important life lessons that one must endure during their lifetime. Worries never steal tomorrows pain or solve the problems; instead, they empty our strength and settle a cloud on the face of joy!

Deep inside we all are very powerful to accomplish great things. All we need is the realization that ‘I CAN DO IT’.

 SOURCES       Monika Bartnicka  Martyna Kuchta  Aleksandra Przybylska  Kuba Kitłowski  Mateusz Przytuła IID