Rabbit what is real

Love makes us Real. The love for one self and for others is what makes us Real. Velveteen Rabbit — Does it hurt? Without our armor of pretence, we open ourselves to be disliked by some, ridiculed by others but only when we open up being ourselves — true connections, creativity and meaningful life happens. Velveteen Rabbit — Does it happen all at once, like being wound up or bit by bit? You become. It takes a long time. Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and you get loose in the joints and very shabby.

Being REAL is a process. Skin Horse —. It lasts for always. True that! Details if other :. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. The Velveteen Rabbit Quotes Showing of It takes a long time. That's why it doesn't happen often to people who break easily, or have sharp edges, or who have to be carefully kept.

Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and you get loose in the joints and very shabby. But these things don't matter at all, because once you are Real you can't be ugly, except to people who don't understand. Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and you get loose in your joints and very shabby.

It lasts for always. He was so old that his brown coat was bald in patches and showed the seams underneath, and most of the hairs in his tail had been pulled out to string bead necklaces.

He was wise, for he had seen a long succession of mechanical toys arrive to boast and swagger, and by-and-by break their mainsprings and pass away, and he knew that they were only toys, and would never turn into anything else. For nursery magic is very strange and wonderful, and only those playthings that are old and wise and experienced like the Skin Horse understand all about it. And then he wished he had not said it, for he thought the Skin Horse might be sensitive.

Listening to the people who matter and tuning out the rest isn't just a valuable life lesson; it's a survival skill. And you learned it from reading The Velveteen Rabbit.

Now, being Real means something different in Williams' book. In The Velveteen Rabbit , a toy becomes Real when it finds a child who really, truly loves it. You don't need someone else's love to validate you, but you also don't need anyone else to tell you who you are. The Rabbit doesn't need the garden rabbits to tell him he's Real, and he doesn't need the Boy to keep loving him in order to stay that way. Once he recognizes his own Realness, the Rabbit has the confidence to be his own person.

As the Skin Horse tells the Rabbit, love will take "most of your hair But even though it isn't easy, love is percent worth it in the end. Love and life take a lot of strength to work through. The Skin Horse says that not many "people who break easily, or have sharp edges, or who have to be carefully kept" become Real, because they simply can't hack it.

Being sensitive isn't a bad thing, but being fragile can be.