When you're little, all you want to do is believe in fairy tales. You want to believe there's a happily ever after for everyone. You want to think that someday you'll find out you're a secret princess who never knew that she was royal. You want the riches and the glamor and everything that comes along with it. But most of all, you want your prince charming to come and sweep you off your feet.
But at some point in your childhood, someone destroys that perfect little world in your mind. They want to tell you the truth about Santa Claus or the Tooth Fairy. They want to tell you how mean the world is and how happily ever after never comes true. They want to tell you that prince charming isn't out that and that you have to keep kissing frogs until one may magically turn up being your prince.
The thing is, those people are only partly true. Sure, fairy tales aren't real. Frogs don't become humans. Glass slippers don't magically fit. Fairy godmothers don't appear at a teardrop's notice. No, the thing about the world is that you have to try. Sure, you'll find your frogs. You'll get sucked into them and eventually, figure out they aren't going to turn into a prince.
Maybe I'm a dreamer. Okay, yeah I'm a dreamer. But what I've found in my dreams is a fresh perspective on life. I've discovered that yes, you have to try. No one is perfect. No one is magically going to turn into that rich, handsome prince on a white horse. However, I don't want that kind of prince because he's not real. I'm not perfect so I can't expect anyone else to be.
Eventually though, you find someone that's perfect for you. That somehow both of your flaws make each of you whole. Both of your flaws and your features make each other happy. That's the true fairy tale. When you find someone that's compatible and willing to fight the dragons alongside you, not for you.
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