Watching the world go by

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I’m in Brussels this week for the Copass camp, and yes I am officially the most frequent Copass camps attendee. But I love the connections, the travel, the new ideas and all that I get from being together with a group of like-minded people.

Today, Bernie and I went to work from this great coworking space called Le Phare Du Kanaal, thanks Annelise for a great recommendation, and it’s a cafe and coworking space combined, fab space, great people, super food (apple crumble and banana cake are worth a try) and a window to watch the world.

Away from my day-to-day life is another element of being on these camps and having enjoyed an efficient day, I was able for 1/2 an hour, or maybe longer, to sit at my desk and look out the window on the busy streets around the canal.

Listening to waves and chimes on a great site asoftmurmur.com, I drifted off into my own daydream world and the rest of the world momentarily disappeared and my head cleared of the daily grind.

Simple pleasures are always the best, take the time to sit and watch the world.

Never stop daydreaming

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‘Stop daydreaming and pay attention’ is something that we have all heard, especially when we were a child at school.

The fact is the world would be a much better place if we all daydreamed regularly, essential for children and as adults too.

Daydreaming is a happy place, where we suspend our normal daily environment and often fantasise, imagine ambitions becoming reality, visions of our own personal success. It’s where the mind can wander and be free to dare, to create, to allow magic into our lives.

If we are to remain open, excited, expectant about our own future, happy and full of life, we must detach ourselves from the world and dream.

It’s essential to our wellbeing to believe in good things coming to us in the future.

Paying attention to what? Paying attention to the message of compliance from the system or dreaming of our own success and retaining idealism, naivety and hope.

What will you daydream about?