I'm a hopeless romantic

As you may have guessed from the title, I'm a hopeless romantic. I think that phrase is funny because to me it is an oxymoron. A romantic is someone who does not lose hope. Now I enjoy a good drama or tragedy now and then, but I always want a happy ending. I always want the guy and the girl to figure out that they are meant for each other and then get together. I hold out to the very last minute for things to work out. I love the scene at the end of Sense and Sensibility where Edward has given up his inheritance and then goes to tell Elinor that he loves her. From the very beginning of the story you are rooting for quiet, gentle Elinor to find her happy ending, and it would be almost criminal if she did not find it. My own life was like that before I knew Christ. I had no reason for thinking this, but I just knew things had to get better. Even when I wanted to give up, something in me couldn't give up hope. I think it is a part of my personality that is a gift from God. Having said all that, sometimes my definition of a happy ending can be a bit broad, and when it comes down to it, my desire for a happy ending sometimes has to take the back seat for the sake of a good story.

Not every good story has a happy ending; not every happy ending is a good story.

Romans 5:5