I love Shrek. Not your typical knight in shining armour on the outside, but on the inside he had the right stuff. All he knew was that he had a job to do - go and get the Princess.
The difficulty in all fairy tale quests usually involves a dragon guarding something. Either the dragon is stopping the hero from rescuing the Princess or he is stopping the Princess from escaping.
We all have a dragon - and our dragon is the one that has many heads. Each head represents an obstacle that we have to overcome. One head could be "fear of failure" while another could be "my parents" or "that one time this one thing happened to me at this one place and I've never gotten over it".
Our job is to slay the dragon so that we can have our fairytale ending. The ending is written. You just have to get past the dragon.
Imagine how boring a story it would be if we had Prince Charming - standing at the edge of the clearing, debating his next move. He wants to go - but he is afraid that if he slays the dragon and rescues the Princess - will his friends like her? What about her parents? What if she doesn't like the way he kisses or his cologne?
None of those thoughts entered his mind (or it never made it to the final draft). If it had - we wouldn't have any fairytales worth telling. He knew this was his dragon (obstacle/resistance), his tower (life) and his fair maiden in distress (destiny).
Be the knight in shining armour of your own life.
Slay the dragon. Free your destiny. Live happily ever after....
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