You know how when you were a little kid and you believed in fairy tales
that fantasy of what your life would be white dress prince charming who would carry you away to a castle on a hill
You would lie in bed at night and close your eyes and you had complete and utter faith
Santa Claus
the Tooth Fairy
Prince Charming
they were so close you could taste them
but eventually you grow up
one day you open your eyes and the fairy tale disappears
Most people turn to the things and people they can trust
But the thing is its hard to let go of that fairy tale entirely cause almost everyone has that smallest bit of hope
of faith
that one day they will open their eyes and it will come true
At the end of the day faith is a funny thing
It turns up when you don't really expect it
It's like one day you realize that the fairy tale may be slightly different than you dreamed
The castle
well
it may not be a castle
And it's not so important happy ever after
just that its happy right now
See once in a while
once in a blue moon
people will surprise you
and once in a while people may even take your breath away
I know it's not perfect, but it's life. Life is messy sometimes
Sometimes reality has a way of sneaking up and biting us in the ass
And when the dam bursts
all you can do is swim
The world of pretend is a cage
not a cocoon
We deny that we're tired
we deny that we're scared
we deny how badly we want to succeed
And most importantly
we deny that we're in denial
We only see what we want to see and believe what we want to believe
and it works
We lie to ourselves so much that after a while the lies start to seem like the truth
We deny so much that we can't recognize the truth right in front of our faces
We can only lie to ourselves for so long
We are tired
we are scared
denying it doesn't change the truth
Sooner or later we have to put aside our denial and face the world
Head on guns blazing
De Nile
It's not just a river in Egypt
it's a freakin' ocean
Communication
It's the first thing we really learn in life
Funny thing is
once we grow up
learn our words and really start talking the harder it becomes to know what to say
Or how to ask for what we really need
How do you know when how much is too much?
Too much too soon
Too much information
Too much fun
Too much love
Too much to ask
And when is it all just too much to bear?
At the end of the day
there are some things you just can't help but talk about
Some things we just don't want to hear
and some things we say because we can't be silent any longer
Some things are more than what you say
they're what you do
Some things you say cause there's no other choice
Some things you keep to yourself
And not too often
but every now and then
some things simply speak for themselves
Maybe we're not supposed to be happy
Maybe gratitude has nothing to do with joy
Maybe being grateful means recognizing what you have for what it is
Appreciating small victories
Admiring the struggle it takes simply to be human
Maybe we're thankful for the familiar things we know
And maybe we're thankful for the things we'll never know
At the end of the day
the fact that we have the courage to still be standing is reason enough to celebrate