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.
November 26th, 2009 at 4:20 pm
What a beautiful conclusion you came to from your dream and experience.
Thank you so much for sharing
If I went 30 back in time, what I hoped for then was a good job. And to become a writer, of course. But I started out with a job in a bank. So far from what I do today.
It’s a good thing – sometimes – that reality are not limited to our imagination