Why can some people cross the bridge without being destroyed by trolls while others turn around and run, or fall over the edge, or find themselves eaten alive?
What is the fine line between happily ever after and utter failure?
Most of us face terrible trials and tribulations at different points in our lives, but only a very few find the fairy tale ending we all dream of.
Why is this?
I think it has to do with three things. First of all many of us try to run those rapids alone and the universe is just too big for us. There must be something to even the odds, like a partner. Secondly, that partner must have the strengths we lack and vice versa. It makes us twice as strong when we are together. Thirdly, both people must be willing to sacrifice almost everything to achieve a common goal. There is no room for ego, or artifice.
It takes absolutely everything to conquer fairy tale level challenges. That's why the ending is so sweet. Who hasn't tasted a sip of water when they are so parched they didn't know if they could swallow it? That sip is the best one they will ever taste.
Once you face losing the thing you love the most and prove you will die to keep it, no matter how long it takes, or how difficult the choices are, you are really in the story.
Then you have a chance at happily ever after.
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