I am with my family waiting to go up the gangplank of a large pleasure cruise ship. There are many people, laughing and talking. In fact, the whole atmosphere is of a huge party in which everyone is very happy. Looking around, I see my mom and dad further back in the line. My children ask me where we are going. I reply, "For a cruise; it doesn't matter where; it's for fun!" I am waiting with them, but don't go on board with them because I am an employee of the steamship company, and will enter through another gangway and door.

I leave my family, making my way through the happy crowd, feeling wonderful. It's hard to describe the marvelous feelings I'm experiencing. Along the way to my gangway, I see several colleagues from the college counseling center who ask me where we are going. Again, I say that it doesn't matter, because this is a cruise on the ocean and we are going to have a lot of fun! It doesn't matter one whit to me that I don't know where we are going.

Once on board, I go to our cabin and my family is already there, eating fruit and having drinks. I remark about the thoughtfulness   of   the  management  in   providing  such  nice