Every once in a while I am overcome with excitement. It is a feeling that takes over my body and makes me shiver inside. It is a kind of euphoria and lasts but only a short time. It happens because of something that enters my thoughts. I am aware of the physical effect sometimes before I associate it with my thoughts. Sometimes they happen simultaneously. I seem never to have the thought first. There are a few things which bring this about. One is my transition or rather the result of it, another is a feeling that I am not alone, that is I have the Spirit of God inside me, another might be due to the closeness of a loved one or a friend. It is such a lovely experience and one I would like more often than I do. I could be driving along the road, lying in my bed, sitting in an armchair or simply standing in my kitchen, almost anywhere when it happens. It appears that nobody notices unless I tell them so I am in no danger of getting dragged off to some lunatic asylum. There was a saying that said, ‘Somebody has just walked over your grave’, in response to the ‘shivers’. That could be rather difficult for anyone getting buried at sea! I don’t believe in such nonsense anyhow. They are nice feelings to have.
Shirley Anne
