“Pack your bag and be ready to leave”.

That’s a sentiment that has probably been heard a lot down the ages and not always (probably not often) for good reasons.

I’m lucky. I’ve just been told that by my lovely wife, and it’s a surprise present. I love surprises. And obviously Nice Surprises are the kind you want.

It’s another privilege. It’s another reason for reminding myself daily of how blessed I am. Not only with the big opportunity we all have of conscious life, even though it be for the briefest of moments, but the additional fortune to be born into a time and place in the world, where plenty of nice surprises are a real possibility.

Anyway, I’ve had my orders. I’ve got a bag to pack.

I hope you, like me, have got some nice surprises on the horizon.

But even more than that I wish us all the ability to enjoy and appreciate this moment now, however it may appear.