Sleeping beauty

Sleeping beauty probably had a line of villagers waiting to show her their vacation pictures. 

Every time she opened her eyes, one of them flashed another picture before her and she drifted off into dreamland. 

For a hundred years she suffered through other people's need to share their joys and loves, dreaming of the day when hers would appear.

Envisioning Prince Charming racing in behind the wheel of his Ram Truck, carrying her off into the sunset and spending eternity dancing with him to some funky Western music always seemed to erode into a life spent watching bad television and mowing the lawn.

No wonder she couldn't wake up! 

A girl needs so much more than that, but she's gotta have some idea of what it could be if she's the one dreaming it.

So one day she cut off her long hair, dumped the magic mirror and went to work without all the cumbersome baggage she'd been toting around. 

And . . .

For the first time . . .

She had the energy (and the self esteem) to recognize the partner she'd dreamed of all her life.