Within time

Life seems to become more extreme at times. The stakes are higher. The feelings sharper. It takes on the the traits of a fairy tale, or myth.

While luxuriating consciously in the beauty of this, it is also important to remember that reading about something and actually living through it can be totally different experiences.

In Sleeping Beauty the princess sleeps for a hundred years.. In real life, one year can be a very long time. In real life, an hour can be a very long time. Amazing can be intense.

Many tales involve fantastic creatures who come to save, or lead the way, but should a real dragon materialize out of the snow in our front yard, we might be so traumatized that the beauty of it would be lost.

Living the fairy tale requires the sort of person willing to live beyond the norm. It takes both luck and courage. 

The dichotomy of being content on a day to day basis while embracing the expansive joys of something more requires not just being offered the chance to step into a bigger than life experience, but also the ability to live floating between the two worlds  without losing the focus that brought you there.

Rare, and even more rarely seen by outsiders, it then becomes the most exquisite gift of all.