MANIFEST DESTINY

Once upon a time in a land far away on a golden seacoast lived a man with his wife and daughter. They were a family of simple means and lived in a simple house near the sea. For many years this family lived by the sea in tranquility but became discouraged each time their home was damaged by the constant storms arriving from the sea.

One day they decided to move from the seacoast and find a safer more stable environment to live. They had heard of the land of the smoking mountains in the province of Tennessee and had set their heart on living there someday.

As they pondered the move and made their plans for the journey a carnival came to their town. While taking their daughter to the carnival they struck up a conversation with the carnival owner. Knowing that he had traveled throughout all the lands they inquired as to where the fairest land was to be found. He told them of a land in the province of Alabama near the village of Gunter, Boaz, and Alberta. North in this province is a land of rolling hills surrounded by a great lake. That was the land he had chosen for himself when his carnival days were over.

This land sounded nice but their hearts were still set upon the province of Tennessee with its towering mountains and gentle springs. Later that week the man of the house became ill and had to be rushed to the local infirmary. While there the wife met a stranger from a far away land. As if by divine intervention it was revealed that the stranger had come from the northern part of the province of Alabama near the very same land spoken of by the carnival owner. The stranger gave a very favorable report of living in that land for many years.

Upon telling her husband of the chance encounter with the stranger and her account of the land he became curious and began making inquiries about this particular land. He discovered that the land was no further away than the province in Tennessee and began to reconsider the location of their new home.

The lady contacted her father about their planned move to a new land and asked his advice. He revealed to her that a longtime family friend had just several months prior moved to a community in the northern Alabama province. Further inquiry revealed that the friend lived just a moderate distance from the village of Gunter and highly recommended the land for their new home.

Everything seemed to be leading them to the province of Alabama. They began to settle their hearts on a move to the province of Alabama.

Finally the day came when they felt in their hearts that it was time to take action. They put their property up for sale and waited. To their amazement all their property sold not only within the week but also for the price in coin that they were asking. That was the conformation they needed that the move was the right thing for their family.

Traveling to the new land they quickly found a house that met all their needs and for a price that required very few coins above what they had left from the sale of their house on the seacoast. The family embraced their Manifest Destiny, moved into the new house in the new land, and LIVED HAPPILY EVER AFTER.

It is real easy to turn real life into a Fairy Tale. Just begin with Once Upon A Time and end with Lived Happily Ever After. Turning the Fairy Tale into real life is tough because of the Lived Happily Ever After part. Happy Ever After takes work and effort by all parties in the Fairy Tale. Just one deviation by one character and Happy Ever After falls apart.

Fortunately Happy Ever After can live on in the hearts of the characters who do believe in the dreams and magic in the Fairy Tale. As in this tale. Find your Manifest Destiny and follow it wherever it leads. It may not be easy but it will be rewarding.

So go find your Manifest Destiny believe in it with all your heart and LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER.