I’m in a play that opens tonight (you should all come see it, by the way). But I can relate to my character. His name is Darryl, and is described in the script with one word: cynical. In one scene, he is on a date with a girl named Dresden, and they’re "people-watching." The conversation goes something like this:
Darryl: What about that one?
Dresden: She’s obviously into him, but he’s…
Darryl: What?
Dresden: Holding back, and I can’t see why. Could she make it more obvious?
Darryl: Probably.
Dresden: And him?
Darryl: Maybe he’s been hurt before, or…disillusioned.
Dresden: So what? He’s given up?
Darryl: No way. Otherwise he wouldn’t be here, in the park...with her.
I wrote a post back in July, where I detailed what I was feeling at the time. It was not a good time for me. Though I was trying to change my attitude and how I felt, I was depressed, disillusioned, and didn’t seem to be able to pull myself out of it. But I said something I’d like to take back now.
I said, "I just don’t believe in fairy tales anymore." That’s no longer true. I do believe in fairy tales, and I believe in happily ever after. Because I found my happy ending – I found my happily ever after, and I love her so much. It hasn’t been an easy road, and I know that if I want to grow into a better, stronger person, trials and struggles will never let up, but I do know that I’ll be happy.
Because I think the key to being happy while going through our trials is discovering why we’re having them in the first place. If we do that, we can have a different attitude about why we’re having them. And I think it will help having someone who’s always there, going through them alongside you. They say that if you put two horses together, they can pull four times the weight either one of them could pull alone. I believe that, because I know that I'm stronger when Kristen is by my side.
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And they lived happily ever after.
