There is no happy ending.

Anthony Bourdain once said “there is no happy ending.”

And depending on how you look at it, that may thrill you or depress you.

But grief has taught me that we are all going to die someday, it’s inevitable. That’s the secret. You are given this life and everyday you take the chance that someday will come later.

It’s kind of a relief to realize this because it releases the burden of waiting for that great moment, the final scene cut where you’re fully satiated with your life. I think as human beings we complicate life, we constantly yearn for something greater, bigger, better. But maybe once we finally let go of this ideal “happy ending” we can finally live.

What would your life look like if you gave up the chase and just enjoyed what came? Que sera sera right? You would still fall in love and out of love and find *the* someone that gets you and have kids if you wanted to and not have them if you didn’t want to.

You could still travel and eat that second slice of cake. You could still change the kitchen counters, your parents will still die, your partner may still leave you. It’s just a story, every individual has one but unlike the movies or the books we read, there is no final happy ending. It just is. You exist. And in that existence, you create your individual world and sometimes you collide with another and sometimes you don’t.

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