Happily Ever What?

 I was raised on fairy tales. “And they lived happily ever after” was the endgame in all of them. No wonder reality feels so rude sometimes!

The truth is that “happily ever after” is a myth. A nice one, but it’s not real. Unless—unless I look at reality as the daily story, and whether or not I’m happy within each day, or as that day ends, is the point. If all I have is today, and if, at the end of this day I am happy, or even simply contented that I have done all I felt necessary, then perhaps, in this day, I have lived happily ever after. If I have a tomorrow, that will be a new story.

Each day’s drama has all the elements of a good fairy tale—the hope at the start of it, the ogres which sometimes show up to try to throw me off, the unexpected assistance of my fairy godmother or an answer heard although no one was there. All of the parts, or maybe just some of the themes, will exist in my reality.

When I find my strength for each pitfall or challenge, it comes from that Power so much bigger than myself. My Creator provides me the love and guidance I need, whether or not I recognize it at the time. When I tune in, when I am open to those intuitive thoughts or sudden insights, I can see my way through the ogre’s challenges, the dragon’s fire, the pitfalls on my path.

I can, in truth, live happily through this day. I’m grateful for that ‘ever after’.