comes as a surprise;
helps to build dreams for the future;
reinforces the friendly understanding that inspired it;
takes the edge off a difficulty to be overcome;
underlines the fact that anticipation may be as enjoyable as realisation,
and when it comes in the form of a personal voucher it can sit in the top drawer
of the pleasant “to do” list that provides a healthy counterbalance to the dutiful “to do” list that lurks constantly in diaries, in calendars, in notebooks…