I sat in their house on New Years Eve and took it all in. The family, the energy, the drive and excitement in learning. Alistair particularly made an impression on me. To see someone so unique from such a young age come into his own and be among his own now that he is at Oxford as a top student. He keeps to his room and studies and loves it. He will achieve great things I do not doubt. And there is a feeling in the air of this life of his and all the magical potential amidst the adventure of learning and at one of the top universities in the world.
I am left feeling and wondering. Feeling the same sense of excitement at the newness of it all. The sense that anything can be achieved and any goal reached if one works hard enough. It is very attractive. I was still at that point just before having children. Now I have put aside my limitless goals to focus on small attainable ones for the moment.
Suddenly it seems that anything can be achieved with just the right amount of dedication and hard work and that the process and journey can be fun. Should I have tried to go to Oxford and study law? It looks so attractive. But would I not have been miserable and left? The magic that I feel from Alistair is the magic that I felt going to art school and then doing my Masters of Arts in London. It is the sense one exudes when they are exactly where they are meant to be.
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