I had a dream last night.
I walked into my apartment. I have never seen this apartment in real life, but I knew it was mine.
I had been there before. Many times. But I hadn’t been there in a while.
I walked into my apartment, looked through the window and straight at the sea.
There it was: the sea.
I had never seen it before, but it was my apartment.
I turned around, turned to the left and there it was: the sea.
I walked to the right, looked through another window and there it was: the beach.
Right under my window.
I had a dream last night.
And no, the dream wasn’t about the sea or the beach.
I had a dream last night.
And I turned to my sister telling her that I lived right by the sea, right by the beach.
She looked at me and said: yeah, it’s always been there.
I walked back to my window and just gazed at the sea, at the island not far away, at the beach, at the crystal clear blue sky.
I had a dream last night.
And it was all about the fact that just because you don’t see it, doesn’t mean it’s not there.
I had lived in this apartment but I had chosen not to see that one of my biggest dreams, one of my deepest desires had been there all along.
Instead, I had moved on, restlessly, looking for the sea, looking for that house at the beach I had always wanted.
Instead of simply opening my eyes, I had chased a reality that had always been there – right under my nose.
I might not have been ready to see it.
Or I might simply have been too stubborn to allow myself to have what I want right here, right now.
What are you refusing to see?
What are you denying yourself?
Where are your eyes firmly shut in order to not see the light that you’ve always wanted to immerse yourself in?
Stop taking your time.
And just open your eyes, ready for it, right…
now.
Do you see?
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