As a child, I loved children's stories that ended with and they all lived happily after.
What matters? Life isn't always happy but it doesn't mean you can't find happiness in life.
Grab a copy of a fairytale. Cinderella didn't lead a life of total joy. That sister had the stress of family relations on the road to meeting her prince. Snow White might have been running from her problems but she still found a way to have good times. Sleeping beauty dealt with the stress of someone's jealousy but kept her eye on her goal. Rapunzel had all that hair but grew up with the stress of living in bondage and at the mercy of another. She didn't cave in to sadness or give up on life. She turned her limited resources into a tool to move her out of her situation. Alice in Wonderland fell down a hole but didn't stay stuck there. She had to figure out her direction but too found a new way to live. In the Princess and the Frog, Tiana dreams of life beyond her circumstances and finds a better life.
Forget about the happy endings and rushing to what you think are life's happy destinations. You'll get to that dream you desire but you may have to go through something to get there.
Studies say not all stress is bad, but if any comes your way in life, learn from the Fairytales. Use your resources, dream about what you want, enjoy the life you're in, and keep your eye on your goal.
Then, Sister, may you live happily ever after.
So beautifully well put, and oftentimes that's the reality one must frame their life around. Some sense of joy must come. Yes, it may be very difficult, but we just have to stay on course and Live Sisters Live!, in the meantime.
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