The actual quote was "Make me a princess" but I don't want anyone thinking that refers to my own desires. I hope it's alright if I make this entry on something that happened recently in pop culture. Anna Nicole Smith passed away. You can read about it all over the news. That's not what I want to talk about. In the course of her death, other stories have unfolded. One of which is the custody battle over 5 month daughter, Dannielyn. As I'm aware, there are now three potential men claiming to be the father. (That's a whole different story in itself. Usually the problem in this world is getting the father to accept it.) One of those potentially claiming DNA in the child is none other than Prince Frederick von Anhalt. Prince Frederick is married to Zsa Zsa Gabor but claims that he had been having an affair with Anna Nicole Smith. One of the reasons for the affair is that Anna said she wanted to be a princess. Since Frederick wasn't about to divorce Zsa Zsa (90 years old), he actually suggested going adopting Anna Nicole and even filled out the paperwork until Zsa Zsa said no (source). (Again, a whole different story in itself) What I wonder is how much Anna Nicole thought about how great it would be to be a princess. Little girls dream of it, helping Disney be a wildly successful company, and so do apparently middle aged women. The acceptable address for royalty in print is HRH (His/Her Royal Highness) and then the name.

Not long ago, we thought about changing the login on our sites so that instead of "Hello, Dan" it would read "Hello, HRH Dan" or just "HRH Dan." We weren't going to explain it and just wait for people to ask. The reason is that on one of the sites, which actually isn't functioning now, it seemed like every question related to people not understanding who they really are. The most success we had was when we would compare them to royalty and persuade them to act accordingly in certain areas of their lives.

I think that there is an innate desire in all of us to be special. To feel dignified. I believe I know where this comes from. As Wordsworth put it, "But trailing clouds of glory do we come From God, who is our home." We never went through with that small change, but as we continued the royalty feeding, it seemed like there were many individuals that had a dramatic change in self esteem. This was probably not due to our referring to them as royalty, but more, their acting like royalty. When you act dignified, you almost can't help but feel a quiet dignity flowing through you. It all stems from the fact that we are royalty. We've felt it in us before and have a need to continue feeling that or remind ourselves of it. We often hear people ask, "What would the world be like if everyone..." and it usually finishes with something we can do to help others. But honestly, what would the world be like if we all treated ourselves like royalty should? I don't mean paparazzi and servants and secret lives. I mean with dignity and respect. If we just thought those higher thoughts of ourselves, what would be the change in our actions? In our relations to others? Try it for a day and see what changes it makes in your attitude.

Signing off

HRH Dan Sage

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