"Once upon a time" and "they lived happily ever after" are typical lines in story books.

The time between these two phrases is most often filled with danger of some sort, even death in the case of Snow White, and almost death in the case of Hansel and Gretel.

Many people today are living in the in between times waiting for their happily ever after. The more time that elapses without that time arriving creates a suspicion of belief that it might not ever happen, perhaps a misread clue that they believed the 'happily ever after' was meant for just plain ordinary folk. After suspicion comes suspension of belief, the firm belief that there is no 'happily ever after" that it was indeed just a fairy tale to give false hope to the masses.

And yet they tell me that even the very wealthy have the same belief. They are longing for a 'happily ever after' and when 'things' don't bring that they have no Plan B, nothing to fall back on as if to say, "Wealth didn't bring me happiness but I know (fill in the blank) will."
Sad isn't it? Waiting for something that is always out of reach.