We spend most of our lives working, chasing after money that we then spend quicker than it took to earn it, so we have to work to chase some more again, and so the cycle goes around. We spend the money trying to buy happiness, but even if we get it, it’s so short-lived. A week’s holiday doesn’t make up for a year of working. A couple of glasses of wine don’t solve anything.
Happy Ever After could feel like having no worries, like not scrambling for cash. It could feel like not having to get up so early to go to work that you haven’t recovered from the day before. It shouldn’t feel impossible to achieve. It should feel like freedom.
Unfortunately Happy Ever After all too often feels like a fairytale because we haven’t been told how to get there. Without proper directions, we might as well have been trying to get to “never-never” land. We might have been told little bits of the story, if we’re lucky, but without really knowing where we’re going, it’s just fantasy.