Happy Endings Don't Exist

When I was a kid, I watched all of the Disney movies. They always assured my young heart that there would be a happy ending.

When I was a teenager, I would watch those same movies and still kind of believe it.

Now, as an adult, the world tells me that happy endings don't exist. There is divorce, back stabbing, loss of jobs, change, family issues, friend strife. And that is just the tip of the iceberg. All of the assurance those movies gave me was gone in the moment that I realized the world is not a nice place. Society tells us to live a certain way, to act a certain way, to be a certain person and we will succeed in life. Nothing can change, this is just the way it is.

But in a few words, a person can change that whole perspective for me. Today, I was talking to my boss, who has become my friend as well. We were having our bi-monthly review. He told me something that I haven't heard in a while, or even thought of, to be honest.

He told me that I can fulfill my dream.

When I was 13, I had this dream that I was standing on a big stage in front of thousands of people. They wouldn't listen as first, but I started to speak anyways. Slowly, they all began to listen. As I spoke, I saw people taking notes and writing things down. They weren't just listening, but they were hearing me. 

Today, as we sat at Pei Wei, he didn't tell me in so many words that I can fulfill my dream. He simply said, "You connect really well with girls, young women and really women of all ages. I could see you traveling and speaking at women's conferences." 

That's been my dream for years. He didn't know that. I might've casually mentioned it to him a couple times. But there is no way that he would've remembered that and said it...months later. What he said to me...gave me hope. I still can fulfill that dream that I've held for so long. Someday, it will come true. 

Happy endings, though, they don't exist. Not the way the movies portray them, at least. God, the Creator of the Universe, has such a marvelous plan for you. For me. He has created our stories long before we were born. But the thing is, our stories don't end. In His infinite wisdom, God has given us eternal life. The life we live on earth needs to be Christ-centered. We need to seek His kingdom first, because then everything else will fall into place. 

I don't believe in happy endings. They don't exist. 

Instead, I believe in the life God has for me. It comes with ups and downs, twists and turns, pain and heartache. But, after this life, I get to live in the next. That is WAY better than a happy ending in my book.