Bohemian B’s Beat
Finding Happy
Have you ever heard the term, “Happy is
a state of mind”, or “Happy is a choice?”
Well, I've known happy to be a dwarf; remember the story of Snow White
and the seven dwarves? Today I am going to tell you a story, a fairy tale a-la
Bohemian style, entitled, “Happy, Snow White’s dwarf”. This is a story about somebody who lost her
happiness and the reason why and what she had to do to find it again.
Once upon a time there was a dwarf by the name of Happy who lived in the
wonderful whimsical world of Ever-ever land.
Happy lived around the corner from his dear friend, Snow White. Although Snow loved her friend Happy dearly,
she never appreciated all the times he visited her. Happy on the other hand,
enjoyed his times with Snow. He enjoyed it
so much that he tried in vain to extend these visits, with the hopes of eventually
moving in and becoming Snow’s constant companion. Now because Happy kept coming back, Snow
became quite accustomed to his presence and started taking him for
granted. She expected Happy to be around
whenever she needed him. It didn't take
very long for Happy to start feeling under appreciated. The huge grin on Happy’s face that he was
known and named for started to fade gradually.
Snow didn't recognize the value of Happy in her life and Happy decided
to leave.
At first Snow didn't even realize that he was gone, carrying on with her
everyday life and even making friends with other dwarfs from the hood. Her new friends were named, Fakery, Irene-yPride
(as in me, myself and Irene) and Doubtessy. In a matter of no time at all these
new friends started causing all sorts of havoc in her life and finally on one
cold and dreary day, Snow realized Happy was missing. Happy would always bring certain warmth to
Snow’s life, especially on cold days, but not on this day and she discovered
that she was freezing.
So, Snow set off in search of her special
dwarf friend Happy. It was only now that
she realized how much she needed the little guy in her life. As small as he was, he contributed largely to
the quality of Snow’s life. The search
proved to be relatively difficult as her new dwarf friends insisted on tagging
along. Irene-y Pride managed to convince herself and often the entire group that
the search was largely possible because of her expertise. Fakery continually made up false scenarios
and pretended to genuinely care. Doubtessy, dragging his feet as he tagged along
way behind the search party, kept questioning why this mission was of such
importance and often had them all wandering along the same path round and round
in circles. Snow eventually recognized the motive of these new ‘friends’ and realized that, in order to find Happy,
she would have to ditch this bunch.
Taking a firm stand and with a thick cord of authority in her voice, she
commanded the motley crew to leave her be.
They were all so shocked at her talking control that they had no other
choice but to leave her.
With the noise and distraction gone and with sheer determination, Snow
found Happy. He was tucked away under a
thick and overgrown bush set deep in the forest. Snow slowly approached her old and long lost
friend with caution and filled with self-doubt, softly asked Happy if he could
ever forgive her for neglecting him and invited him back into her life and even
her home.
The wonderful thing about this little dwarf is that he had learnt the
importance of forgiveness long ago. He
was so overjoyed to see Snow that he immediately put the past un-pleasantries
behind them and embraced her with warmth, grinning from ear to ear. Having
finally reconciled and hand in hand smiling broadly, Snow and Happy set of for
home. And although the motley crew-
friends often came knocking on their door, Snow and Happy sent them packing,
making sure that they would never allow anything or anyone to come between them
ever again. Snow and Happy lived
together happily ever after.
If you can identify with Snow White, maybe you need to take a look at
what you need to get rid of, in order to find you’re ‘Happy.’
Be Happy!
Glitter greetings (and all things shiny)
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