What do you do? What CAN you do? When your deepest most secret dream starts to actually come true? What if you really ARE dreaming, and it's just an illusion of your projected longings? What if it were a great Cosmic Hoax meant to pop you on the nose like a newspaper and remind you of the austerity necessary for growth? What if it is suddenly Christmas everywhere, all the time, even in your sleep ... ?

On the long, wild ride our lives have been, there are times when we seem at the very center of the Universe, with solid land horizons in every direction. A step in any direction is a confident, if not eager, step on massive solid known territory. Sometimes the horizon chokes us and sometimes we wrap ourselves in it round and round and seal ourselves tight in its futility. We sleep easily, knowing we have a 360 degree view of our daily lives and all's quiet on every front.

Other times, we are on the very edge of what is Known, True and Real. We FEEL that edge upon which we are teetering with nothing but black space around us. If we fall in (if we dare jump?) will we land in water or on rocks? In a deep green bed of wild moss woven with flower blossoms or into someone's evening fire? Will it hurt?

What is there to do then? What choice do we have ... ?

Swan dive!

Love,
Sophie