I woke up this morning from a vivid detailed dream of moving into my flat in Adelaide. It took me a while to adjust to today’s reality – as if more then 30 years of my life had been eclipsed.
Just as in a “revivification” type hypnotic regression, I had no “memory” of the years that were to come.
I was Lee-that-was, with all the hopes, fears, expectations and doubts of the time.
Coming back to Lee-that-is, I could only marvel at the amazing life I have led in the intervening years. Could I have even guessed, so long ago, how rich, eventful, exciting and satisfying it would be?
I am preparing a course on the Science of Happiness, in which one of the chief elements is expressing gratitude.
This morning, just the surprise of waking up today made me realise how grateful I am for what I have lived and who I am today.
There we were, cruising the last few hundred metres to our 2nd home in France after a 4-hour drive, when a fanged Beast straight from a horror movie came streaking out of the darkness and hit us Thump! A huge wild boar, which just kept running, less damaged than the car. We were driving a Smart, just temporarily, and the poor little thing bounced off the boar, and limped home with its front dangling off. Michael had to cut off chunks with the gardening shears so he could drive it to the local garage next morning, instead of to England. Totally unpredictable!