Fairy tales do come true

It is possible to live a long and relatively happy life and still get it all wrong, because in a way the fairy tales are right.  It's just not a surface thing like we think, or as simple as it is written so young children can understand it.

Human beings are adaptable creatures.  Arranged marriages work if both people understand their roles.  High school romances are sustainable until one of the partners outgrows the other, then it becomes a simple relationship and almost any relationship is tolerable for some period of time.

We don't need the fairy tale to be content.

People are used to settling.  Fools rush in and all those sayings . . .

But once in a while the fairy tale does come true and then we call it soul mates, or divine providence, or maybe just good luck, but no matter what it is called, it is good -- very very good.

It is more than romance, more than need, more than. . .   and it is rare.  It is comfort that surpasses understanding, security beyond time, satisfaction that fills nooks and crannies until they overflow.

It is happily ever after in the real sense, the one most of us never experience and therefore do not even know exists.