Three Love Lessons We Should've Learned From Fairytales

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As children, the cartoons and films we watched helped shape the perceptions there were about ourselves resulting in each other. I identified with superheroes, princesses and the Care Bears. I believed I had superpowers, I believed that somehow despite the fact that my start in life was a bit crappy, by a few stroke of luck I'd garner the interest of a distinguished fellow, who would seek me out and change my circumstances. Lastly, I figured I could beam my love & care toward someone and yes it would cure them of whatever anger or evil they possessed as did the Care Bears. Fairy-tale movies in particular began shaping my ideals and future interaction with the opposite sex unbeknownst if you ask me. Fairy-tale movies had three components actual life didn't; romance, adventure, plus a happy ending where love always overcame the obstacles standing in its way. I'm certain I'm not alone, in focusing in on these three things as it pertained to how my future interactions and relationships could be. After all, women innately possess a need and desire to be protected, provided for and chosen. Men naturally wish to impress, provide for and feel necessary for woman they love and therefore are with.

Recently because i was watching the Disney movie, The Little Mermaid, I looked a bit closer at its fairy-tale story-line, and that i began to remember all the other fairy-tale story-lines I've watched and loved from childhood. I spotted there are real, practical love lessons in these fairy-tales that I missed altogether. Maybe, had I managed to grasp them earlier, they may have helped me navigate better in relationships plus love. Below are three very necessary love lessons I took from fairy-tale story-lines. They're lessons we still need learn as adults. These 3 lessons in love have become really needed in our new world culture of instant gratification. Our picture of the it means to love is very distorted because selfish, manipulative love messaging is being projected. The sustainability of marriages is failing as a result.

Love Means Sacrifice
Name one fairy-tale that did not require someone to must make a huge sacrifice to the love they wanted? From the Little Mermaid, Ariel sacrificed her voice for legs, despite the fact that her voice was the only real sure way of Prince Eric knowing she was who he needed. To sacrifice means you're prepared to give up something in the interest of a better cause, within this example love. This means you value the love you seek to grow in than whatever it is you have to give up for it. I am not saying you won't ever get it back, nevertheless for a period of time, you feel what you are going after, is much more important. Every fairy-tale ever created required either of the lovers to quit something they valued and maybe even needed in order to manage to love the other. They acted unselfishly because they knew the love they'd receive was much more valuable and necessary. They valued love, but specifically fascination with each other more than anything else. They proved merit the love they sought, not because of the sacrifices, but because of these ability to be unselfish. Because of this they were often capable to have the love and turn into restored in the things they quit.

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Love Must Overcome Adversity
Prince Eric were required to fight Lady Ursula and kill her before he and Ariel may be together and liberated to explore their fascination with each other. In every fairy-tale, the prince and princess experience much adversity before they can truly be together and live happily ever after. Their love goes through a series of trials, tests and adversity before they reap any benefits and before they really are able to be together and explore love. We very often don't value what we should haven't had to work or fight for. Same goes for love.

Love Requires Making the decision
Before Prince Eric fought Ursula, he decided his passion for Ariel was worth every penny. Just as Ariel decided her fascination with Prince Eric was worth her stopping her voice. No-cost made a decision to fight and make the necessary sacrifices for love. They both valued the romance they shared enough to determine it was worth risking everything for. They decided separately, as individuals, from the beginning. They decided they were going to go all the way to see their love materialize, before they ever experienced battle. Making the decision is what gave them the strength, courage, and stick-to-itiveness to keep going in the fight, and also to ultimately win the battle for love. As a result, they get to live happily ever after, together. Their love became them that it was worth fighting for and robust enough to overcome every obstacle that showed up against it.

Just like me, you were probably oblivious to these important lessons fairy-tale story-lines have attempted to share with us through the years. We selectively want to focus on the happy ending and think we ourselves can easily have the happy ending without the fight, without the sacrifices, and without deciding to love. Absolutely not! If your make-believe characters didn't obtain a pass, we, who live in real life, most certainly don't either. Love is just not selfish. Our favorite characters showed us they were willing to surrender things that they loved and cherished because the love they needed, and were looking for was more important. Love requires us to combat for it. We have to prove ourselves value its rewards. We have to learn to value the romance we receive. The battles must be won before you can find any rewards in your life and in love.

After Ariel and Prince Eric overcame the battles, after they sacrificed, after they decided that the love they shared was worth the cost, then they were able to live the happily ever after. Not before. There was no happily ever after until after the blood, sweat and tears that proved them worthy of the love they desired. They went into battle willingly and were set on fighting to the death for your love they believed in. They provided the decision to love wholeheartedly in the first place. They felt their love was worth the cost and the sacrifices and also the battles did not make sure they are give up on their love, nor make them look for a potentially easier a person to love. They stuck by their decisions also, since they stuck it, were able to enjoy a lasting, happy and fulfilling love with the person they sacrificed, fought and chosen.

Many seasoned couples for each other will tell you after they have outlasted the issues, the fighting, the adversity that every couple faces, they're happier, more fulfilled, and expense and love each other more deeply. The hard work settles. Did you catch that? Effort, yes it's synonymous with love. There is no such thing as instant gratification if you seek to build love with someone. Lasting love is only able to be measured with time. Dust off your favorite childhood fairy-tale and find out for yourself the lessons we should've learned from them then, but must learn if we seek to win in love and be able to sustain that love. Just like there are forces that work to bring two people together for each other, there are also forces at the job to tear love apart. Love is that powerful. So, do not think the people, that tell you, you can't have the fairy-tale ending you imagine, sure you can! Congratulations, you know it comes with a high price. It's up to you to decide if it's worth the cost!

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