Psychology Today | 10.07.2026 00:56
In a climactic scene from Disney’s The Lion King, the spirit of Mufasa appears to his son Simba in the clouds overhead and tells him, “You are more than what you have become.” In addition to spurring Simba on to challenge his uncle Scar and take his rightful place as king, this passage resonates personally, and perhaps a bit uncomfortably, with many viewers of the movie. As we make our way into, and through, adulthood, most of us at some point experience a moment where we feel that, like Simba, we are more than what we have become.
