Fairy tales do come true . . .

Movies and books seem chocked full of adventures and tales we only dream of. Most of us consider ourselves painfully aware that they are not about people like us.

But they are.

We are the leading roles of tomorrow's movies, the heroes of tomorrow's books. Life condensed into five hundred pages, or ninety minutes is bound to look more compelling than it does stretched out over seventy years.

The Cinderella story happens all the time, but I think it's generally limited to once per lifetime and that once may not seem like a lot -- except when you are in the middle of it.

The trick is to re-member these beautiful and meaningful and life changing times in our own lives and give them the credence they deserve. It makes living more like the fairy tale we may wish it is and also makes the struggles and ogres more bearable too.

There's nothing like a happy ending to make everything good. It's just that in real life our trials and tribulations don't actually look like the Green Knight. But then we won't be rescued by a fairy godmother either.

The fairy tale of real life is actually much more poignant when viewed from outside ourselves because it really does involve our own ingenuity and fortitude. Those ogres and princes are all alive and well and living in the castle of us.