Fulfillment

Okay, this one is pretty much off the top of my head...

When I was a boy, I remember doing a magic trick. This was the old 'tearing up a newspaper and bringing it back' trick, whereby you basically fold one newspaper inside the other, and then 'magic' the first one back. I was proud of it, had read about magic and was in love with it, and was about ten, I think.

The reason this event is etched in my brain indelibly is that I had an audience. My father's friends were visiting, and they enjoyed the trick. I even received some genuine applause.

And I enjoyed that applause. I felt wonderful.

So why didn't I become a magician?

I have been thinking about this. My life now is far from miserable and unfulfilled by the way, I am reasonably content (if not a little too busy). However, every now and then I think about this moment and wonder if it actually meant anything.

The WHP is an attempt to help people find happiness through fulfillment, but every now and then I wonder if I have missed a three or four or ten per cent worth of fulfillment in my life, due to the choices I have made.

Should I have said yes to that offer? Should I have taken that job? Would my life had changed for the better if I had not followed that advice?

Should I have become a magician?

I am of a certain age now, and seem to be reflecting on things almost unwillingly. And I know this means I am human. The questions are coming thick and fast. I am happy, I know this. But, and this question is now being asked in the context of the WHP, could I be even happier?

Can we reach a happiness limit?

Are you as happy as you could ever be?

Comments, please...

And if you want instructions for that trick, get in touch.