Dreams, Relationships, and a Million Dollars

I was watching some show the other night….Without a Trace maybe? And the lead character was sent to talk to the psychiatrist. He asked her if she put much stock into dreams. If she thought they had any meaning. She said no. He said I don’t either. Then he started telling her a recurring nightmare that he has. Which I’m sure was something to do with control issues, but that is neither here nor there.
I don’t put much stock into dreams either. It’s sort of like going to the gym for some people. They go to the gym to exercise their bodies and work off stress. They say that working your muscles hard is a great stress reliever. So the same I believe with the mind and dreams. The brain is working off some sort of stress. So there are good dreams, pleasant ones, bad dreams, and nightmares. The type of stress you are feeling dictates the type of dream that you have. The people most in your mind are your players, like exercise partners. Just doing their part to relieve the stresses of the day.
That is what I feel about dreaming.
Now…..there are other nocturnal activities that people think are dreams but are really visions, out-of-body vacations, and visits to other minds or places. These are totally different than dreams.
For a while there I was having some interesting “visits”. At Twilight sleep, every night, I was living someone else’s life. Not extraordinary things, just normal everyday stuff, normal everyday conversations and situations. But it wasn’t me and I had no idea who the people I was interacting with where. I didn’t know anything about these people who I invaded. Even after I left them I knew nothing about them. It was like I was a spirit dodging in and out of people’s lives. Not staying long enough to know them or their names or anything about them. To say the least it was fun. But it has pretty much stopped now. But that’s okay. It will happen again.

That is the funny thing about life. Dodging in and out of relationships, never staying too long for fear of getting hurt. Wishing and wanting the extraordinary, while wishing and wanting the ordinary. People who avoid relationships all together because of the fear of rejection, or of getting hurt. People who avoid “getting closer” because “closer” is unsafe, too revealing, and has the potential to be hurtful. I don’t think that anyone reading this blog can imagine being with one person for 50 or more years. The world is too wide open, too tempting. You no longer have to learn self control anymore. Indulge all you want, there is always another waiting online or at work or at the bar to take the place. Always a line. Too bad really, too bad. And sad, yes o so sad.
Having that love of your life, your soul mate, one person you can count on for the remainder of your days…..what a novel Idea!

A million dollars. Who would have thought it??