A little cheery story today to hopefully bring a smile to someone’s face. I had a pretty rough day yesterday and today hasn’t been great all in all so reminding myself of this has helped. Sometimes, it really is the smallest things that can make a huge difference to a bad day.
Among the many side effects that you can suffer from taking a combination of medications, one of them is that you can have some quite weird, wonderful and vivid dreams. I had one such dream the other night.
As a young girl I would daydream of Prince Charming sweeping me off my feet on his white steed and riding off into the sunset. I’m not sure many girls haven’t. Now, Prince Charming could take many forms. It generally tended to be the favourite pop star or film star of the day or the first boy you had a crush on. I haven’t had a Prince Charming rescue dream for many, many years.
So, the other night I’m finally in the land of nod and I’m in my dream where I’m being rescued from a volatile relationship. All very 21st Century. This is where it gets interesting. My Prince Charming arrives. Do I get a suave George Clooney? No. Do I get a chisel chinned Brad Pitt? No. Do I even get a rugged Jason Statham or any of the other members of “The Expendables” films cast? Hell No. I don’t even get the devilishly handsome and wonderfully voiced Sir Patrick Stewart.
Who do I get? Michael Vaughan. Now for those of you who know this name, please feel free to carry on reading once you’ve stopped laughing.
For the uninitiated, Michael Vaughan is the former Captain of the England Cricket Team. Now don’t get me wrong, I am a great admirer of Michael Vaughan. He was the Captain of the team when we won the Ashes in 2005, the first time we’d won in nearly 20 years. He was an impressive batsman in his day and I’ve enjoyed his commentary since his retirement from cricket.
Within that 2005 England cricket squad, there were players who were very easy on the eye. The likes of Freddie Flintoff, Kevin Petersen, Steve Harmison, Jimmy Anderson, Paul Collingwood and so on. They were a good-looking squad who eradicated 18 years of pain for any devoted England Cricket fan. Many of the players of that time can be seen on TV or heard on commentary on a regular basis too. So I still have no idea why Michael Vaughan would be at the forefront of my subconscious and become my Prince Charming. I hadn’t even seen him on TV or heard his commentary in the run up to having this dream. Even in my dream I was shocked to find that Michael Vaughan was my Prince Charming.
However, I must say that he was bloody fantastic as Prince Charming. I felt extremely safe and secure in the dream which I don’t have regularly in day to day life. I felt loved and wanted which I struggle with in day to day life. The best feelings I had in my dream were contentment, peace and happiness. They are the feelings that I most crave in my daily life.
So whilst I may have woken up wondering how Michael Vaughan got into my head, I had a smile on my face and, for the first time in months, a feeling of calm and positivity that even I might one day crack this life business and find my Prince Charming. A big thank you to Michael for that but I will resist adding Prince Charming to your list of many achievements on your Wikipedia page.
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