After digging into the question a little deeper, I came to the conclusion that I've never been one to read the end of a book first, so why would that be any different for my life. The suspense that occurs in the plot is what keeps me reading a book, not the ending. The story could have the perfect ending; the princess gets the prince, the good guy wins the fight, or the expedition team reaches the summit, but none of that matters if the plot isn’t interesting. If there is no learning, conflict or struggle, the ending has no depth and it’s just an event that occurs.
I get bored with stories about
a character where everything just magically happens to them and they never have
to challenge themselves; the stories where a girl meets a boy and they live
happily ever after or a person walks up Mt. Everest with no training or
difficulty or where a millionaire wins the lottery. Those aren’t stories I want
to read. The stories that keep me reading are those with conflict; the stories
where the main character is faced with challenges and makes some sort of
transformation while overcoming those challenges.
The
conflicts and challenges I’ve faced haven’t been my favorite parts of my story,
but they have given my life more depth and meaning. When I reach the end of my
story, whether the ending is tragic or happy, I want the story to mean
something and be worth reading. If we choose to
accept life’s challenges, we will evolve and our story will be meaningful. It’s
like we live our lives in a spectrum of light. Life without challenge only
allows for learning and movement in a few colors, but those who are faced with
challenges and overcome those challenges move between all of the colors and
have a deeper understanding of the spectrum of life. Life's meaning can’t be
understood by seeing the ending of the story first, it must be experienced and
challenges must be overcome.
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