...The princess leaned in towards the frog, blonde hair falling around her face framing her lovely white skin, ruby red lips and deep brown eyes.
The frog couldn't believe his luck, that this lovely princess would want to give him a kiss, but also leaned forward in expectation...They kissed, just a small kiss, no more than a chaste peck on the lips, but it was enough. All of a sudden light sparkled around the frog and he blinked with the brightness of it. The princess sat back shielding her own eyes from the light but even as she did it began to fade.
She blinked in astonishment when it did though. She couldn't trust that what she saw was indeed really there. But it was.
Where the frog had been sat a handsome prince smiling at her, a handsome smile that touched his eyes. She smiled back realising that he must have been cursed by an evil witch who turned him into a frog; Loves true kiss had unlocked the spell returning him into his true self...And they lived happily ever after.
Real life isn't a Brothers Grimm fairy tale though, and picking up frogs and kissing them isn't something most modern women want to do.
Still, don't we all want to find an attractive partner, a prince charming, or beautiful princess? I think it would be fair to say so; And yet, we're not all beautiful, handsome or attractive.
I met my wife when I was seventeen and a half years old. She was a couple of weeks away from turning sixteen herself and I recall thinking how beautiful she was; Six feet tall, shapely, lovely white skin, kind eyes, long blonde hair...Not that I had a type per se, however she was it if I did!
In contrast I was... Well, I was just me. A fairly shy person, brownish, funny nose, eyebrows thick like those furry caterpillars that come out in spring, and nothing really special or remarkable at all. But within two weeks of meeting we were inseparable, at five months we were living together, at six years we were married and thirty three years later we are still together after sharing a magnificent life together.
A fairy tale? Nope, just thirty three years of give and take, compromise, respect, trust, common interests, passion, personality, providing support to the other in interests they have individually, humour and laughter, of fighting for each other, and with each other too, and about a thousand other things that keep us strong, as a unit.
We kissed too, but unfortunately I didn't turn into a handsome prince, I just stayed myself which was a bummer...Fortunately Faith didn't turn into a frog either, that might have been awkward.
No, we just stayed ourselves although, over time, we have certainly changed a lot; I think for the better, although Faith was pretty bloody perfect already in my estimation. We developed as we got older, grew as individuals and as a couple. It hasn't been easy in the simplistic meaning of the word, but in a way it has felt easy. I think because we seemed to find the magic that we needed to bring it all together and that came from within us, inside each of us.
That's the thing I guess...We are not at all the people we seem from outward appearances and to judge a person from that perspective, as many do, will only lead to lost or missed opportunities. We are the people behind the mask, so to speak, and those people who take the time to kiss some frogs, delve a little deeper to know the true person, will often find much of value, as opposed to those looking on the outside only.
We can't all look amazingly beautiful or handsome, nor can we be the funniest, richest, most intelligent, witty, charitable, sexy, loving, passionate people all the time, certainly not all at once; We can be the best versions of ourselves as often as possible though, for sure that is within our power and for Faith and I it is what we seek. Do we hit it every single hour and day? Nope, not at all, but we get close a great deal, and when we don't...That's when the compromise, respect and trust kicks in, things we built together in the initial months and years of our relationship.
I don't know what our secret is, why we've been together and happy for so long, and even if I told you it may not work in your own life...But I'm glad we have it, the secret whatever it may be, and I hope that everyone out there is able to find their own, with a partner they value, sooner not later. I hope, like Faith did with me, that you are able to find your frog.
Design and create your ideal life, don't live it by default - Tomorrow isn't promised.
Be well
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