The Dream

I had a wild dream last night (as usual) but this time I had a different energy.  An emergency was happening outside of the building I was in,  I could see it through the window.  I noticed that everybody was just in shock so I hollered “Did anybody call 911?”then everybody starts moving.  Here’s where it took a turn: I then put my hand on my cheek, watched what was going on then said a prayer. After I said the prayer I looked back out and people were just cleaning up the scene. I sat down in a chair and minded my business.  Now if you’ve ever read any of my dream posts you know I’m usually moving all over the place.  Not tonight.  This time I held on to the peace I could keep.  I think that was my lesson.

See, the night prior I prayed to have only good dreams and nothing crazy. I dreamed about being on a beach vacation but there was still stress and decisions involved. This night I didn’t ask for anything, but I had decided I’m not living multiple hard lives at once via the dream dimension, so I disengaged. We get to pick the way our lives go, not based on what happens in them but how we choose to respond.

I’m still practicing how to make this translate into my life while I’m awake because I’m a doer. I am also a person that has seen a whole lot and I’m exhausted. The piece I’m going to put into action more than anything is prayer when I’m not equipped or available to do anything else, followed by not worrying about it after Amen. We’ll see how that goes, but that’s the moral of the story.

The Reflection

What’s wild is that I’m in the middle of writing some stories about a few of my dreams and having difficulty getting things out the way that I normally do and this was in my drafts. This dream wasn’t part of my usual sequence of dreaming about a place over several nights. It was like a continuation of the dream vacations but in a new location. When writer’s block hit me, my dreams ramped up. Now that I’m back in the flow of writing on a regular basis, things have calmed down. I think the look back lesson is that stress will follow you wherever you go, if you let it. I’m doing better about making choices that let me drop off the stress.

Have you ever learned a life lesson in either dreaming or journaling? Share your thoughts in the comment section.

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