“Desperaux had a sudden, chilling thought: Had some other mouse eaten the words that spoke the truth? Did the knight and the fair maiden really not live happily ever after?
Reader, do you believe that there is such a thing as happily ever after? Or, like Despereaux, have you, too, begun to question the possibility of happy endings?”
From “The Tale of Desperaux” Kate DiCamillo
Our happy ending can be kind of hard to believe in.
On the one hand, there are all sorts of light afflictions. The police station is close to us, but that is not necessarily a good thing. It makes our area a suicide bomb target. Also, we know that well trained security guards are trained to raise their weapons when a uniformed police officer approaches – men in police uniforms perform all sorts of nefarious deeds, and the “good guys” understand that they should not approach uninvited. Police proximity does not equal security. We trust in God alone.
On the other hand, there is a feeling that we have already entered into that happy-ever-after ending. All the dragons (light afflictions) in the world do not mitigate against it; indeed, they only add sparkle and wonder. We thank God from the heart for every day we wake up into. Our every interaction with the community is infused with potentially historic meaning. The moments we can steal to be alone are particularly precious. It would be sweet to think that this is the end. In fact, we are not the end but the beginning. If only it ends like this, too!
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