Friends, did you know the most popular genre of books today is, believe it or not, romance books ! It surprised me because I have never heard anyone praising a book published under the genre of romance. I thought science fiction or suspense thriller would top the list, but it was romance !
That made me wonder why it was so. I got curious. That reminded me of fairy tales read and liked by one and all for centuries. Why ? And that lead me to the answer. All fairy tales end in -“They lived happily ever after”, don’t they ? Same with romance fictions. They may not write -“they lived happily ever after” but the implication is clear. So, now we know why we enjoy reading fairy tales and romance books. We want a happy ending !That’s it !
Is this happy ending missing in our lives ? I don’t know, but I do know for sure what would ensure a happy ending. It is a loving heart that knows how to love unconditionally. Alas, our analytical mind is unable to do so. It has to find a valid reason to do so. Actually it cannot do anything unconditionally ever. Sad but true !
For the reason given above, your analytical mind makes it almost impossible to truly love and so it seems rare to find people living happily ever after. Don’t worry friends, we can hope to find unconditional love in our own hearts by dissolving our analytical mind into our True Self, the big “I” as I call it.
You know our creator loved us into existence. We are made out of love. We are love. We can keep on denying it, but it is natural to us. Un-consciously our heart craves it whenever we feel disconnected from it. To be truly happy, we need to be courageous enough to open our hearts and channel the energy of love/compassion/kindness/gratitude.
Love is not an emotion. In truth love is a many splendored thing with different facets to it. To experience it you need to re-learn all its shades. Anything that makes you feel good is a shade of love. For example you can begin with the feeling of appreciation or compassion, kindness in your heart.
So, in short, to live happily ever after like in fairy tales or romance books, you need to feel un-conditional love (by connecting to your true self) in your heart. Memorize the feeling and hold on to this elevated emotion as long as possible and soon you would be living happily ever after ! It is doable. I encourage you to practice it.