Timeless tales of princes and princesses, fire- breathing dragons, castles, magical spells and all the things one could think and imagine, all of these come to life once I read a book on fairytales.
A long time has passed since I was like those little kids I see, reading books on fairytales and marvelling at the story of beautiful princesses and handsome prince charmings. How I wished I had been a part of those fairytales I read and be a princess and meet the prince charming of my life, but hey, it is a fictional world, how do I expect myself to be one? Like, hello, its 2007, I’m 16 and I still think of those dumb thoughts. Are these thoughts dumb? Or is it just that I tend to break away from reality due to the fact that in this real world we live in, there are no happy endings and there are no such thing as my life’s story would end in a “happy ever after”. But honestly, would the stories we have in the real life end happy?
I remember a text message a friend sent to me days ago, it said:
“The winning horse doesn’t know why it runs a race. It runs
because of the whip and pain. Life is a race; if you are in pain
then clearly, GOD wants you to win.”
It struck me. We control our lives, it lies within us unto which road we should take and once we have taken these roads, there we have hard times getting through thorny bushes and at last we reach a castle where a happy ending awaits us. Sounds familiar? If you are a fairytale reader, you should have guessed of which story I got these “thorny bushes and castle” line, yes, from The Sleeping Beauty. As far as I could remember, the prince encountered all disasters, misfortune and all and even defeated the wicked witch, just to rescue the sleeping princess and surely, he surpassed these and lived happily with the princess. Sweet, isn’t it?
If one day you cry and think that life is unfair, your always the one scolded and blamed at, but just think of yourself as Cinderella, beautiful and kind but never got the chance to show her true beauty. Be still and patient for one night when your mom tells you your grounded and cannot hang out with your friends, there is always someone you could talk to, and that is God. He is the one you could lean upon, you can say to Him what you feel and what you want to happen of the moment. But usually, you ask why God doesn’t answer back, be patient and learn to listen too and hear the soft voice from your heart.
Life is truly marvellous, like a fairytale. And I think now, I have come to realize that our lives are somewhat a story in a book, full of mystery, love, sorrow, happiness and hope. Life is what you make it as others would say, and I think so too. ##
A long time has passed since I was like those little kids I see, reading books on fairytales and marvelling at the story of beautiful princesses and handsome prince charmings. How I wished I had been a part of those fairytales I read and be a princess and meet the prince charming of my life, but hey, it is a fictional world, how do I expect myself to be one? Like, hello, its 2007, I’m 16 and I still think of those dumb thoughts. Are these thoughts dumb? Or is it just that I tend to break away from reality due to the fact that in this real world we live in, there are no happy endings and there are no such thing as my life’s story would end in a “happy ever after”. But honestly, would the stories we have in the real life end happy?
I remember a text message a friend sent to me days ago, it said:
“The winning horse doesn’t know why it runs a race. It runs
because of the whip and pain. Life is a race; if you are in pain
then clearly, GOD wants you to win.”
It struck me. We control our lives, it lies within us unto which road we should take and once we have taken these roads, there we have hard times getting through thorny bushes and at last we reach a castle where a happy ending awaits us. Sounds familiar? If you are a fairytale reader, you should have guessed of which story I got these “thorny bushes and castle” line, yes, from The Sleeping Beauty. As far as I could remember, the prince encountered all disasters, misfortune and all and even defeated the wicked witch, just to rescue the sleeping princess and surely, he surpassed these and lived happily with the princess. Sweet, isn’t it?
If one day you cry and think that life is unfair, your always the one scolded and blamed at, but just think of yourself as Cinderella, beautiful and kind but never got the chance to show her true beauty. Be still and patient for one night when your mom tells you your grounded and cannot hang out with your friends, there is always someone you could talk to, and that is God. He is the one you could lean upon, you can say to Him what you feel and what you want to happen of the moment. But usually, you ask why God doesn’t answer back, be patient and learn to listen too and hear the soft voice from your heart.
Life is truly marvellous, like a fairytale. And I think now, I have come to realize that our lives are somewhat a story in a book, full of mystery, love, sorrow, happiness and hope. Life is what you make it as others would say, and I think so too. ##
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