I awoke – my right arm stretched out – my hand open – fingers reaching for something directly in front of me; I was sitting upright in bed – moving seamlessly out of my dream – in the place where I left it …
The transition from dream state to awake state was so natural – the only marker was a slight difference in presence that I felt upon waking.
The momentum of the dream continued as I remembered that I was reaching for something before I woke up.
It was a purple sphere about the size of a soft ball (it was a symbol for the earth) and I knew that if I touched it – it would open up like a flower!
This dream left me in a state of great happiness …
I got out of bed – I knew exactly what the day would bring – a chance at winning a large sum of money. I had entered a sweepstakes drawing back in March of 2010. I won’t go into the details of this, because the lesson I learned at the end of the day was priceless, more than if I had won the $100,000 grand prize.
Nearly all of humanity lives with this dilemma – If you don’t get what you want – you suffer – And even when you do get what you want – you still suffer – because you can’t hold on to it.
The importance of the lessons we learn, and the journey in and of itself is the greatest reward in any endeavor. Disappointment, dissatisfaction, or worse, comes when you miss this point.
The dream I had woke me up to the most important thing I was to learn – I was already happy when I woke up that morning! and at the end of that day – I went to sleep just as happy…
All of my training, arts, disciplines and spiritual paths – all of my teachings, coaching, hypnotherapy and the mentoring I do – make me whole and congruent – What a powerful thing to bring along the journey towards any goal in my life!
The true art of happiness is understanding that we can be happy now – it does not take any future outcome to make us happy – and yet that happiness lives inside of us – and we must protect it – and cultivate the conditions around us and within us for sustaining it.
The Drawing above is titled “Within – Reach” and is from the Series of artwork titled “Creating Out of Boxes” – a work in progress … as I progress in my work …











