When I was younger

I use to make every story have a happy ending.
No matter what it was.
A news broadcast,
a movie,
a book,
a story,
anything I viewed
as not having a
{happily-ever-after}
I would critique in my mind
and create that best case scenario ending.

I realize I have been trying to do that with my life.
If the day,
the situation,
the mood,
the hostility,
the projected feelings
are not what I perceive I want them to be,
then I overlook it and make it a
{happily-ever-after}.

This has not served me well.
I have missed a lot of life
not facing reality and trying to believe in
{happily-ever-after}.

I realize that
{happily-ever-after}
is only for fairy tales...
and I am definitely not living
one
of
those
fairy tales!