Fairytale Life

When you grow up enough to realize that fairytales are just that, frogs never do turn into that handsome prince and at some point we are all Cinderella – before the ball. That’s when life becomes real.

We learn that fairytales are for young dreamy girls. Once a pig (I mean frog) always a pig (frog), and why would we ever think glass shoes would be a good idea?

I secretly dreamed, the same dream, that most young girls do – the handsome prince, the castle, beautiful flowing hair, a chariot that turns heads, even the beautiful shoes that would bring a kingdom to her knees….

And then I began to grow up. The babies came, as did the mortgage, and the electric bill. I watched as friends fluttered to the side and life happened.

I became disenchanted with reality, as I discovered that the plumber on tv was closer to reality than my Cinderella Story had ever been, except the plumber had a job. I found that the candy in the isle was more than the change in my pocket. My chariot was merely a bucket of broken bolts, and my best pumps were really slippers.

I accepted life on life’s terms. I accepted me, and I made a few changes. I look the trash out, I left those slippers and that bucket of broken bolts near the can as I closed the lid, and the chapter.

Once again, I found myself. This time more like a new born baby, feeling naked and alone. Upon deciding that my children were my kingdom, frogs were best left to sing in the mudd and heels were never really practical anyway. Here my friends is where my true journey began.

Life is an adventure, from birth to death. It is as good as you make it. We deserve anything we tolerate, and life WILL be shorter than we thought. These are a few realities that changed my world. When I accepted life on life’s terms and that I didn’t need a fairytale to be ok, I became ok.

I have loved, and I have lost. I have fought, and I have won. I have dreamed and I have conquered.

Today I know that my happiness is my responsibility. I know that a lot of people will never get it or me, like the Jeep thing, it’s a Callie thing. The real changes come when the reality of, its not about me anyway, sinks in.

Today I am blessed, and I do live the true and ever eluding fairytale that so many lil girls dream about. I have an amazing prince and my very own castle. My chariot has everything on my wish list and then some.

Each day is an adventure, a creation, a new beginning and an opportunity.

Although I didn’t start with the fairy tale, thank goodness, (I might have really been a brat) but from my vantage point today it sure feels like one. I’m certain that when it ends some others will also see it as one.

So here’s to life, love, happiness and fairytales. May you live your every dream, what ever they may be. May happiness encompass you and may love infuse your very soul…

Truly living the dream…

Wizard Wisdom 101

8/25/15

Give Yourself A Break

There are some things that never cease to amaze me.  Then there are others that should just be accepted as truth..

Humans will continue to be humans.  You cant fix stupid no matter how many times or ways you try.  Preconcieved notions are seldom altered.  Some core beliefs are ingrained so deep that no amount of evidence that the belief is wrong will ever change it.  We only recognize fault in others that we see or have seen in ourselves.  Things that gouge our soul when we are young create the bounderies that we remain within when we are old.  Fear is a learned behavior.  Not everything is as it seems.  If we all treated each other like we would treat our grandma the world would be a gentler place.  We can not make others feel anything – they do that to themselves.  

If you feel the need to judge others at least get to know them first.  Humans, like camelions, learn to blend into their surroundings and the expectations of others.  Being who others expect is easier than trying to get a buy in.  

Give yourself a break – the rest of the world might not be so kind.

Wizard Wisdom 101

8/2/13

Reflect

Often in life we are given exactly what we ask for – even if it comes at a time that we dont remember having asked.  

When desires are strong, even if unspoken, the energy draws those things to us.  Funny that sometimes we forget to stop that flow of energy when we change direction.

I am thankful for all of the gifts life has granted me.  I am also thankful for the gentle reminders that so many of my desires have been granted, even when I have changed direction.   

Moving forward in my mind, releasing spent energy.  Nothing is a waste, all things come with lessons we would find nowhere else.  Accept the lessons, once again make peace with what is and move forward with no regrets.

The dark of night is an opportunity to renew, tomorrow is a new day to reflect.  Moving forward…..

Wizard Wisdom 101

8/1/14