Once upon a time, in a land far, far away, there lived a princess who was known for her intelligence and her uncanny ability to keep her cool under pressure. Of course she wasn’t always this way. Our dear princess used to break down under the slightest pressure and constantly doubted her intelligence. It never mattered how big or small the problem was it was always too much for her to handle. The intelligence was hardly a thought in her head; she was way too busy crying over split milk or some such thing to realize that the brain is a terrible thing to waste.
So she went about her ordinary life, doing ordinary things, and barely holding on to reality. It just so happened that one sparkling day the planets aligned, lady luck looked her way, and the gods smiled down upon this princess. A prince rode into her life in an old beat up Subaru wagon and asked her out to dinner. That certainly was a blessed day for our distraught princess for at that moment, she chose to let someone help her. Now we all know that circumstances don’t magically change overnight, but what this prince did was show the fair princess that things could be different and ultimately much, much easier.
Our dear princess starting breathing in and out and not fall to pieces over the split milk’s in life. As she became calmer and more centered, she began to realize that some part of her was being neglected-her brain. With encouragement from her precious prince, she summoned the courage to make a drastic change in her life and in the lives of everyone in her dear little family. Our princess walked up the terrifying steps of the local community college and enrolled. She was much older than most of the other students, had a very different background, and was fairly unsure of herself. With the help of her professors, and the prince of course, she gained confidence in her abilities and most importantly she found self-worth in her intelligence. And it was all thanks to a little push from the amazing prince and her amazing family.
While I’m not sure that I always believe in happy endings, the prince and princess are working ever day at making their own happily-ever-after.
