As a child I immersed myself in books. What those books taught me was that In the battle of good versus evil, good always wins out in the end. The hero or heroine in the story always came out on top and they all lived happily ever after. I had inadvertently conditioned myself to believe that a happy ending would eventually present itself to me in any set of circumstances or situation. As long as I was honest, true to myself, did my best and helped others that crossed my path where I could, then at the end of the story my happy ending would appear. I spent a lot of time in my life sitting around waiting for happy endings that never appeared.
What I have learned is that you have to go out in the world and actively seek out, grab hold of and take your own happy endings. The universe presents us with opportunities for happy endings every day. Every decision we make has a positive or negative impact on our happy endings and we are our own puppet masters, orchestrating our own lives. It wasn’t until I made the decision to climb out of the hole I was in and turn my life around that I started to see that a happy ending wasn’t going to appear from mid-air. When I started to actively take part in my life again, began making and executing plans, that is when I started seeing a light at the end of the tunnel. Now I actively work for my happy ever after. Life can change in a heartbeat and turn the world upside down in chaos. It is how we are equipped to deal with that when it happens is what matters most.
I now know life is a continuous journey of personal growth and opportunities for growth appear in the form of the challenges the universe throws in our path. It is not even the happy ending that matters most, the journey we take in our efforts to get there is just as important.
500 Journal Prompts – Credit to Robert Duff Phd @duffthepsych (instagram)
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