Epilogue

And then, that once-upon-a-time becomes our own story to tell.

We start to build our characters and gather the support to play their parts - the heroes, the heroines and the scheming antagonists.

It seems so easy at first. We let everyone act freely, the story to run its plot naturally and develop a conflict the brothers Grimm would envy.

Meanwhile, as we see ourselves in the center of the show, somehow, fantasy finds its way to us and seriously snatches us from reality. That's when the story becomes more interesting, each scene nail-biting and the storyline peaks to a point where we can not wait turning the pages - anticipating what's next and gasping for air with every line.

The making of a bestseller you may say...

Along the way, the plot turns too complicated and unexplainably, it becomes quite difficult to extricate ourselves from the trap.

Good news is somehow, we manage to find our way out and subsequently build up another climax that betters the previous one. Ah! Human nature, as always.

And so it goes on and on emulating the ocean's ebb and tide. We keep creating plots, characters and twists after another.

But, just like any breathing organism, the story ages and sadly, has to reach its own denouement. Whoever said that everything comes to an end must be a really good storyteller.

Because that is what every one of us needs to learn - that no matter how good a story is and no matter how seemingly difficult it is, eventually, we will have to put an old story to a rest.

And, since life apparently, is designed for us not to worry about things we can not change, remember that an uncalled-for ending is a blessing in disguise for a much-deserved new beginning.