The Wisdom of the Story of Sleeping Beauty

By Jeanine Byers Hoag
Have you ever felt like you were knocked flat by the negative energy coming your way? That is what happens as this story begins.

Some say that the stories we loved in childhood become the template for our lives as adults. If Sleeping Beauty was one of your favorites, take a few minutes to see if there are any parallels in the life you experience today.

Are you asleep in your own life?

Are you waiting for rescue?

Are you waiting for true love?

Have you been knocked flat by negativity in your past?

Eventually, the prince comes to rescue the young princess. But it happens almost accidentally. If you are to be your own rescuer, do you have a plan? Let's consider a few more questions based on this struggle.

Does There Have to Be Struggle?

"He made his way through slowly and with a struggle, for the trees and bushes grew in a thick tangle. A few hours later, now losing heart, he was about to turn his horse and go back when he thought he could see something through the trees... He pushed back the branches... Wonder of wonders! There in front of him stood a castle with high towers."-Sleeping Beauty

If this has been your path, you may have two limiting beliefs that you learned or concluded somewhere along the way...

Limiting Beliefs

(1) That anything good that you want will take a long time and require struggle

(2) That only if you persevere through the long battle, when nothing seems good, will you eventually stumble upon your reward

The Law of Attraction

But are either of these really true? Certainly, it is what people sometimes experience! But must they?

According to the Law of Attraction, you can have whatever you want and it can come to you easily. If that doesn't happen, then there are probably limiting beliefs and painful feelings (like the prince's melancholy mood) in the way.

Getting back to the story, the prince finds the princess as if he had been led to her by an unseen hand.

Unseen Guidance

When I look back on my own life, I often feel as if I am seeing the work of an unseen hand leading me where I needed to go. Does that happen for you?

When the princess awakens, she tells him that she was waiting for him in her dreams. Are you waiting to be rescued so that your dream can come true?

Happily Ever After

"They lived happily ever after, as they always do in fairy tales, not quite so often, however, in real life."-Sleeping Beauty

What would happily ever after look like for you? This fairy tale reminds us that not everyone lives happily ever after in real life. But if you could, what would that be like?

When people give it some thought, they often realize that they can be happy with a lot less perfection than they originally imagined.

Try Casting a Spell

Consider setting an intention to create the life you want most. Say it out loud and write it in your journal. Make a ceremony of it if you'd like!

The happiness you have dreamed of might just be possible if you are willing to be your own prince and willing to awaken.

What new story will you create?

"Every person is born into life as a blank page -- and every person leaves life as a full book. Our lives are our story, and our story is our life. Story is the narrative thread of our experience--not what literally happens, but what we make of what happens, what we tell each other and what we remember." --Christina Baldwin, Storycatcher