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Does the phrase "beyond my wildest dreams" sound reasonable?
It's a little like the 'before' and 'after' pictures of a weight loss success story. You see the first, then the second, with little or no concept of the time and effort involved in getting from A to B. It's not intuitively apparent to the naked eye -- at first glance. But, the moment of thought that quickly follows reveals that real sacrifice and significant duration must've been involved.
Then you meet the person in the pictures -- and they let you in on a little secret. It happened over the space of a couple short months. Far too brief a time to account for the dramatic change. You shake your head in disbelief. How is this possible?
And then you wonder if something so quickly gained can be of a lasting nature. Experience tells us that a proper measure of time and effort is required before we can render a positive forecast for the future permanence of such a profound change.
Keeping the 'before' image of the near past in mind -- frankly, it's hard to accept the beauty of the current situation. The disconnect is in the short time-frame in which it was accomplished -- when weighed against the quality of the change. It's too good to be true.
Don't wake me up. Please turn the off alarm on the nightstand. I like this dream. *ZZZZZZZZ*
*grins*