Be prepared.... remembering can be delightful but then sometimes remembering can be painful. You should pray right now and ask God to give your memories clarity and purpose? And while your praying would you also ask for the courage to be truthful? sometimes the most powerful insights come because we have finally let the truth out of its hiding place.
most of us learn the hard way.... Cinderella is always someone else. somewhere along the way, we decided to come to terms with the fact that we were muddling through our lives unseen, unknown, and unheard. We learned to stand around the edge of the room in our best ball gown and just groove. Smiling and pretending.
But some of you have had "Cinderella Moments" when you felt noticed and called out. was it prom night? or some other special occasion? Try and remember as many Cinderella Moments as you can. 
Maybe there were a few Cinderella Moments fro you, but it never quite all worked out. Maybe you danced but no one ever came looking for you later. Maybe the glass slipper fit, but the happily ever didn't come after. maybe you learned to pretend that it didn't matter. but do you remember that you were made feminine, wired with the desire to be seen and known and loved deeply? its ok to want what you were made for. Its ok for you to desire to be known as beautiful. its ok to want to be Cinderella.
