The Search For Enlightenment

Anyone who was lucky enough to be awake and listening to Radio 4 this morning around 8:00 will have had the perfect start to their week.

James Naughtie made the mother and father of Freudian slips when he transposed a couple of letters when introducing Jeremy Hunt, the Culture Secretary. If you missed it and want to hear it for yourself, go and listen here, but be warned, it is a very rude word for Radio 4 !!!

Now you might imagine that such a slip might cause consternation in the Corridors of Power, but no. Jeremy Hunt was a fantastic sport, he even Tweeted about it, even when it was repeated later in the morning by Andrew Marr.

Actually, Mr Hunt has come out of this smelling of roses, and with publicity that money just couldn’t buy. Yesterday, very few people knew who Jeremy Hunt was, now everyone knows the Culture Secretary.

In a similar way, when chanting for something, don’t be surprised if The Universe delivers the result you wanted, but in a very unexpected way. I’ve seen it happen so many times, it really doesn’t surprise me, though it always makes me smile.