Lisa Martin's dream of the 10

Translated into English by/ Ins Englische übersetzt von 
Angelika Davey, Angelika's German Tuition & Translation
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Today, I will write about what happened to me/ to us over the last 20 years.
My name is Lisa Martin and I was born in the mid-sixties in Essen (Germany, the Ruhr area).
Next year I will be 60 years old.
And I’ve had exciting, thrilling and productive years behind me, years in which I was able to do more to others and change more than I could ever imagine at the end of the last century.

And it all began with my / our dream!
But I will tell you right from the start. At the beginning of new millennium on my 39th Birthday on 31 January after a quiet birthday celebration with my family, friends and acquaintances, I went home to bed.

That day, as usual on such occasions, we talked and laughed a lot.
So that night I had this dream:

I walked down the street, our street. But everything seemed blurry. I carried on walking and gradually it got clearer.
Somehow, everything was different, although it was clearly our street. Everything seemed green and fresh, not as unkind and dismal as normally. I looked closer: All houses looked neat, the facades and roofs were covered with greenery. Everything radiated a peace and harmony which I do not normally feel.

The people smiled and tried to out-beam the sun, miserable faces were not visible, people greeted friendly as they continued their way. Were those my neighbours? They were somehow changed, but satisfied and somehow older. Everything was somehow different.
I did not think further and continued on to the road and then, somehow I was somewhere else.

Where did I get to? Everything was strange - yet - somehow familiar!
Nine people were waiting there, but they looked sort of foreign!
But I had no fear; the whole atmosphere was relaxed and positive. read more