The Reeality Slap.

[Guest guest]

I'm just popping in, a quicky.

I walked past this secretary today who I always liked and she was

talking very happily away to a delivery driver who is very handsome. He

doesn't pop in much but they seemed to be getting on ever so well. A few

years back I tried to get to know her but I was too shy. I think I

mighjt have been a laughing stock in my company as it obviously wasn't

going to go anywhere, but I was fed up with my shyness so I just had a

go despite how hopeless it might be. It was also very painful but I

wanted to be brave with that too.

As I went past I felt my heart sink and my legs felt full of lead as

they slowed down. Why couldn't I have got on with her like that, I

thought. Then all of a sudden the words Reality Gap and Russ came

into my mind. I had no idea what the words meant but I went and kindled

the book and downloaed a sample. Then, as I read the introduction, in

just in those few words, I seemed to be reading everything that had

just happened to me: The Reality Slap and The Reality Gap. All of a

sudden I didn't feel so unusual and I realised we all suffer as Russ

showed. I also saw how many things might not go as as we would like but

the world can still have much to offer. I might never be confident but

my guitar playing improves all the time. I could see that happines comes

in other ways, that it is not always about getting what we want. As I

cycled home I saw how lovely the Sun was even though I felt rather

alone. I could see that with acceptance the Sun will always be lovely.

Kv