Fairy tales,

Full of the happy endings everyone wants.

Too bad life isn’t a fairy tale.

There is always another way to finish

A better way.

There is always something left unsaid,

Always a goal never accomplished,

You will always fight for your

Happy ending.

But, happiness is so much better than happy endings.

Happiness is real.

Being happy is not a constant state of mind,

It is a collection of memories pulled together.

If you are truly happy you don't need a prince to save you.

You can save yourself.

You aren’t truly free unless you are happy,

you are locked up in a cage of want, and greed.

Just begging the world for one

Happy

Ending.

But, there can’t be any Happy endings,

Because nothing ever ends. While you

Work,

Strive,

Struggle,

For your Happy ending.

I will gratefully be living my

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