It was a cool, dark late Saturday afternoon. The sun had already set and normally I would not be looking forward to charging up my computer to join a Zoom meeting.

But it was one of my favourite mentors, who was holding a group coaching call and I didn’t want to miss the chance to spend some time in the circle she’d created – digital though it may be.

As we pinged onto the screen, one by one, Tania welcomed us with her big open smile, warm-hearted as always and ready to dive right in.

Let’s contemplate ‘fantasy’ together. Complete this phrase: ‘What if…’

Write whatever comes. Go! Now! Fast and furious.

My pen began to fly across the paper, thoughts cascading faster than I could scribe.

Whew! Who even knew how many desires – old and new both – lived inside of me, ready to emerge with hardly a nudge.

And yet there they were, staring back at me from the page. Clear as day.

Over the next hour or so with Tania guiding us, and each dreamer in our group supporting the others, we gave flight to fantasy.

And became aware of the excitement that was generated in our minds

To the lightness we felt in our hearts

And the buoyancy in our bodies

When we sit in the present-moment possibility of our deepest desires

We begin to create a bridge between where we are now – and the fantasy world that feels like it lives somewhere beyond us.

But actually lives inside of us. And we realise this when we allow it to burst into bloom.