Happy Ever After Stories
For a religious or spiritual tradition to be successful it must provide a happy ever after story.
Almost every story ever told has a happy ending. Even tragic stories squeeze some positive outcome from the death of a hero or heroine - selfless sacrifice, martyrdom, the triumph of courage, or some such thing. As a species, we are addicted to happy ever after endings for one good reason. We are programmed to survive and so a happy ending reinforces ou…