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The funny thing is, we're way too caught up with what we want to really see what we need. We're too blind to see where we are and what we have right now because we're so busy looking off into the distance and into the fantasy.

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The Other Side of Happy Ever After

Everybody wants love. But nobody in this world is insane enough to want the kind of love that you know will never be reciprocated. And yet, it's the most common story to be told. 

Remember how you were then a little girl and you used to look at all these pictures in story books of princesses and their happily ever afters? Remember the giddiness and excitement you felt as you watched Cinderella dance her night away with Prince Charming? Don't you want the same blissful story they had?

The problem with these fairytales is that they only tell you of one kind of love story. They tell you that you're going to meet someone and then live happily ever after with him. Sad thing is, that isn't always the case. Fairytales fail to let you see the other kind of love. It's the love that hurts the most. It's the love you're forced to let go if you want to be truly happy. It's the love that one will never know because he is too blind to see it. 

You know Cinderella's fairytale. But did you ever wonder about the love stories of all those women who also pined for the Prince's affections? Or of the story of those who had feelings for Prince Eric when he was too busy spending time getting to know Ariel?

I'm not anti-fairytales. In fact, I adore them. I'm far from a little girl now, but I still believe in them. I believe that they can happen to all of us--that we have our own chapters waiting to unfold. But, I realized that there's more to them than just the sweetness.