Real life is much different from fairy tales

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For me, life is an interesting adventure worth living. Life is beautiful but not always easy, it has problems, too, and the challenge lies in facing them with courage, letting the beauty of life act like a balm, which makes the pain bearable, during trying times, by providing hope.

Adversity and hardships make a person strong and ready to face the challenges of life with equanimity. Thus, life is and should not be just a bed of roses as it is being told in fairy tales that life is where there are indeed several myths surrounding .

Of course no one nowadays believes in fairies, except ignorant and superstitious villagers, and, perhaps, children.

Well, we live in a very practical and matter-of-fact age, and our daily drudgery and our monotonous lives cannot satisfy the craving for romance that is more or less in all human beings.

Though we know the novels are fiction, and even children no longer really believe in fairies, we still find pleasure in such tales, because they take us away for a little time from our dull, everyday lives.

The first and obvious thought is that by imagining them away, we are seeking to purify our experience, to come closer to the real world by stripping away emotional projections and hierarchical assumptions.

-Harshita Saloni

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  1. Unknown29 June 2018 at 02:07

    Good efforts.

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  2. Sharmistha29 June 2018 at 04:01

    Good work Harshita! I agree with you that Fairy tales are for villagers and children...but wouldn't you agree with me that at some point in all our lives--it is akin to a fairy tale? We too face hardships like the knight/prince in a fairy tale faces demons? Demons that he must conquer to rescue the land or a princess...and in our lives we must conquer those demons called hardships for us to lead a better, more beautiful existence? Then the hero in the fairy tale waits for the fairy Godmother to wave a wand and create magic...even we do that in our lives.. wait for that miracle to happen...wait for something good to help us along...
    Life - in perspective-- is nothing short of a fairy tale.
    You have written and blended your thoughts very well. I just put in my two-penny worth thoughts.

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    1. Harshita Saloni29 June 2018 at 20:09

      Coming from a writer these comments mean a lot .Thank you so much ma'am for reading and ur gemful words!

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  3. Unknown29 June 2018 at 09:45

    Deep reflection and very well written on the eternal quest to understand life.

    Harshita has shown a maturity beyond her age, to write something like this on such a complex a topic.

    G. Suresh

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    1. Harshita Saloni29 June 2018 at 20:35

      That’s a high praise, thank you so much sir for reading!

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  4. Unknown21 July 2018 at 04:47

    Correct

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