Dreams

I am a dreamer…both day and night.

I like to think that it is a gift. I have the ability to live another life, or multiple lives in the dreams that I manifest. 

Last night I had dreams of people that I haven't seen in years and even a few people that I hadn't even met before, but know about through friends. 

Sometimes I wake up and wonder…

…right?

But, I'm sure that there's some psycological explanation that my subconsciousness must have heard something, seen something, etc. that triggered the dream.

For some dreams, I totally get that! Others… I don't know.

I have had prophetic dreams. I dreamt of both of my children before they were born and before I even knew their sex. In my dream I saw that they were a boy and girl and saw their hair and eye color. 

While I was pregnant with my son, I was still working in a dental office. I had a co-worker who had been trying to get pregnant for a while, too. Finally she and her husband received the good news that they had a baby on the way. She needed tests more regularly for a variety of reasons. On one of the tests they realized that the baby didn't have a heartbeat. This was tragic for the whole office. And because of how far along she was, she was going to have to go through a birthing procedure to remove the baby. The procedure was going to happen within a week. It was the night before I saw her after she went for a confirmation test (a test that I had no knowledge of) that I had a dream. I vividly remember her coming into the office and telling me that she went in for another test and that the doctor found a heartbeat!!! I remember how I felt after I had the dream…I told myself that I wasn't going to say anything to her because I didn't want to upset her. The pain that she was going through of loosing a pregnancy would be multiplied if I told her my "silly dream". Well…That morning, I went into work (fat belly and all) and my co-worker came in and told be that she went in for one last appointment and they found a heartbeat!!!! I was in shock…I feel bad now, because I didn't want her good news to be about me, but I had to blurt out, "I just dreamt of this!!!!". This new was so wonderful and great! We were all buzzing and excited!!! The Dr…not so much, because he knew that he was going to loose two employees for a while. 

I've have dreams of tragedies. Now, this is rare. Because this doesn't happen very often, I do not claim even the slightest of paranormal stuff ( like being physic or anything), but I do believe that it is a gift…a God given one. 

I also believe that it is hereditary. My mother has dreams, too. There have been few times when we would have the same dream on the same night and we wouldn't share it until it came true…Now THAT's a mind trip! She, as I do, dreams every night. She has WILD dreams. She dreams a lot and it comes out in the conscious world. She screams, yells and flails around in bed while she dreams, usually waking my dad up and sometimes waking herself up.

Now, I have read a lot of articles about dreams and what they might mean and why some people dream and others don't. There are a lot of people (some with wonderful educational backgrounds) that have a lot of different opinions. I have one too. 

I believe that everyone that has active dreams must know that:

1. You MUST realize what happens in your waking life that might be having an effect on your dreams. Example: Watching gory and scary movies makes me have nightmares and is why I will no longer watch them.

2. You must take each dream with a grain of salt. Most dreams are your mind trying to sort thoughts and events  in your mind. Some dreams don't mean anything for your waking life.

3.Though some dreams may not mean anything to your waking life, it is still a good idea to take notice of it, especially when it is something that is profound and sometimes a reoccurring dream. I believe that some people are given the gift of dreams, and it is up to them to take responsibility to apply them correctly and to meditate and pray about them.

4.Talk about your dreams regularly. You will find many other people who have dreamt the same thing or who are dreaming the same thing on a regular basis. It is good to be able to make connections with other people about your dreams. It can be healing, too. Almost a form of therapy.

Well, That's it for now on the dream talks…I have waking children. I'm sure that there will be more to share on the topic soon.

XOXO MerMom