Last week was a Disney week. Me and my housemates watched Peterpan (1953) and Return to Neverland (2000s) on Labour Day. Then on Sunday we watched Cinderella (1951), Cinderella 2 (1953), and Enchanted! We were "ugh" and "ahh.." to see the sweet things and 'unrealistic' things that happened in the cartoon (e.g., how Cinderella had first kiss on first date >.<). Anyway, we all love Disney movies and we hope that the guys out there watch Enchanted so they know how to do sweet things. Hahaha.
We all love a "happy ending", a "...they lived happily ever after." Nevertheless, we know that the reality is not like that. The reality is the marriage is a beginning to an 'ups and downs'.
So let me share another twist of a "lived happily ever after". I think this 'happy ever after' is achievable..in heaven! I would love to say that our life on earth and the relationship we have is a 'prolonged fairytale'. While in Beauty and the Beast or Cinderella the story was ended with prince charming and princess' marriage, our whole life is the struggle when Belle needed to sacrifice her comfort at home to move to the Beast's house, the struggle when Cinderella needed to find a way to the castle, the struggle when the prince needed to find Sleeping Beauty, and so on and so forth.
The key to this 'happy ending' is the perseverance and faith (which was repeated over and over again in Peterpan, and even Cinderella!).
Once me and Paul passed a jewellery shop and I saw a nicely designed castle as a display with rings in the 'castle'. It was written, "Love is a fairytale". I laughed at the writing and pointed to the writing and told Paul, "Love is NOT a fairytale." It's not that I don't believe in fairytale, I do believe that it's very heartwarming to listen to fairy tale, but when it comes to love, the sadness and suffering can't be separated from the story. It's part of the real love :)
We all love a "happy ending", a "...they lived happily ever after." Nevertheless, we know that the reality is not like that. The reality is the marriage is a beginning to an 'ups and downs'.
So let me share another twist of a "lived happily ever after". I think this 'happy ever after' is achievable..in heaven! I would love to say that our life on earth and the relationship we have is a 'prolonged fairytale'. While in Beauty and the Beast or Cinderella the story was ended with prince charming and princess' marriage, our whole life is the struggle when Belle needed to sacrifice her comfort at home to move to the Beast's house, the struggle when Cinderella needed to find a way to the castle, the struggle when the prince needed to find Sleeping Beauty, and so on and so forth.
The key to this 'happy ending' is the perseverance and faith (which was repeated over and over again in Peterpan, and even Cinderella!).
Once me and Paul passed a jewellery shop and I saw a nicely designed castle as a display with rings in the 'castle'. It was written, "Love is a fairytale". I laughed at the writing and pointed to the writing and told Paul, "Love is NOT a fairytale." It's not that I don't believe in fairytale, I do believe that it's very heartwarming to listen to fairy tale, but when it comes to love, the sadness and suffering can't be separated from the story. It's part of the real love :)
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