Page By Page

Another Angela tidbit, I am a sucker for a happy ending. I want everyone to get all the things they want from life. And I want them to be happy. Whether it is a tangible item or friendships or education. I want all the people to be happy. Unfortunately, or fortunately, we do not get all the things we want in this life. Around the corners and through every passageway situations arise that may change our course or our desires, and not always do we meet these with expectation. In fact. More often these are not anticipated...

I get so swept up in the experiences of life. I engage fully, which, frankly, leads to utter exhaustion, but the rewards far outweigh the cost. One can never be fulfilled by sideline living. It is one precious life and we should always pursue it, so I never apologize for that.

I've considered some challenging aspects lately, and I've considered all the possible results. (Side note to all my non perfectionist peeps, we perfectionists replay life. A lot.) I have mentally viewed the finish line. There could be several so it has been very time consuming, but I dutifully apply my happy ending principle. I'm hopeful it will be happy and all the parties will want to have a party, but I ponder the corners and passageways between here and there. I stop to worry. Then I worry a whole lot more. And then it hits me....

No story is good if the ending is known. There is no skipping to the last page of the book. You might as well just burn those glorious ink filled pages if you plan to do that. The true story is the journey. The following along page by page as the hero begins to learn and see himself as the hero. And no matter the ending, which of course I wait with every breath for it to be happy, the process defines him. The process. The journey. Life. Challenges. Corners. Joys. Passageways.

Spoken like a true girl, I hope everything is a fairytale. I hope all your dreams come true. But when they do not. When the corners catch you off guard, when the path ahead is shrouded from view and you feel a little less certain about proceeding, remember it's the journey, the discovery, that counts. It is the story of your life. Everyone gets to be the hero in their own story. Page by page. Write it well.