Why the Sky Is Blue

I am going to start this post with a little back story. During my senior year of high school, I started coming up with a list of qualities that my soul mate would have to have. I also came up with a list of questions that "he" would have to answer. If they answered correctly, it was a clue that he was the one.

The following question was based on the fact that I wanted someone who had similar qualities to my dad. My dad is very open minded and intelligent. I used to think he knew everything. One evening while watching TV, I asked him "Why is the sky blue?". Of course, he had the right answer and explained it in simple, easy to understand terms. That became one of my favorite questions to ask guys. Some would be thrown off my it. Quite a few knew the answer.

The following story was told to me, by someone that I loved dearly. At the time, I would have bet he was my soul mate. I'm glad now, that I was wrong. Anyway, at the time, we were best friends, and he knew so much about the things I loved and enjoyed. The first time I asked, he gave the correct answer. He later prompted me to ask again and he told me this story. Some of the details are slightly changed since I don't remember how he told it exactly.

The Blue Dragon

Once up a time in a kingdom far, far away, there lived a beautiful princess. She would take walks through the forest near the castle. One day, she got lost and came across a blue dragon. Since everyone knows how intelligent dragons are. She asked the dragon if he knew how to get back to the castle. He tried to give her directions, but the directions were not very easy to understand. So, he offered to walk her back until they got to the path she recognized. During their walk, they chatted about a variety of topics and by the time they found the path, they were the best of friends. Before she left the dragon, she promised to come back and visit.

Over the years, the princess and dragon spent a lot of time together. The shared many adventures in the forest and celebrated many milestones together. When you spend that kind of time with someone, it's impossible to not love that someone very much.

On the princess's 18th birthday, she was betrothed to prince from a neighboring kingdom. The prince was a kind and gentle man. He made the princess very happy. And of course, the princess introduced him to her best friend the Blue Dragon. The two got along easily.

The dragon did not realize his feelings for her were love until the day of her wedding. He knew they could never be together in that way. But he never knew the idea of her belonging to someone else would break his heart. And on her wedding day, the dragon flew into the sky and cried. He cried so much that his blue tears filled the sky. And from then on, the sky remained blue.

Later the princess would go to see the dragon to share to share the happy details of the day. But when she found him sad and all cried out. She was persistent in finding out what had made her best friend so sad. He confessed that he had been in love with her all along. He just didn't know it, until her wedding day. She was touched and confirmed that she had been in love with him too. But, she knew they couldn't be together, so she wouldn't hurt him by showing her true feelings. The dragon was happy to know that it was a love that they both felt and shared. And because he loved her so, and did not want to cause her undue heartache. He said he was going to join a clan of dragons in the north. She did not want him to leave. However, because she loved him, she let him go so that he could find peace in a new life.

The princess was sad that their love could never be. But she said the symbol of their love would last forever, for the whole world to see. It would always be a reminder of a love so selfless and true.