I think that every human build a version of himself/herself and sticks to it as a way of self preservation. As one of my friends told me: even if I know that you are right, I will still be doing that my way. There is no logic from the outside on it, but rather some interior system built to protect him from the outside world. So I think everyone makes a different kind of magic or happy cloud for himself/herself, even that is not the reality of it.
Yes, a story - not truth.
Funny, isn't it? We are our own worst enemies, constantly getting in our own way.