The Secrets That Are Revealed In A Dream

 Ever have a dream?  

 Of course you have!  Everyone has them every time you sleep.   But the problem arises in that we forget them the moment we wake up.   We have them.   Know we had them. Then lose them as they evaporate like the morning dew each morning...  

But what about those that linger?   You know the ones.   The ones we have that you have to tell someone about.   "I had the strangest dream!"   We say.   As we try to remember the details and the feelings that that dream produced.   A Strong dream that lasts longer than the morning sunrise...  A Dream with Meaning....  And you feel as if there is some one or something telling you something. 

I like the Bible's stories of dreams.   Joseph and Jacob with their dreams that seem to be about nothing...  But as they continue their story of their lives... The meaning is revealed and can be seen.   

And yes!  To the Skeptic...   Those visions do not happen "exactly" as the dream described.  But that is where the human's ability to see and translate the vision comes into play.  Right?  

I had a dream last night.   And there were things about it that made no sense.   And as I struggle to remember the details. ( which I remember!)  I try to piece the puzzle together with whatever my mind (or God) is trying to send me.   Perhaps it is nothing.   Maybe a small glimpse into a possible future.   Who knows?  But the dream is staying with me and I thought it best to write about it before it fades completely. 

I imagine what it must have been like for the Pharaoh  in Egypt.  You have a prosperous kingdom and you have these disturbing dreams that give you great anxiety.  ( It must be disturbing to see 7 skinny cows eat 7 fat cows!)   And all of the people you tell the dream to give you a reading that 'just doesn't sound right...'

And then, from a guy who "knows a guy" he met in the strangest of circumstances,   you find that missing person who has the answer.   (At least one that sounds right and makes sense to you.)   And from there,  the story changes.   Especially for the guy who was rotting in a prison!

Don't tell just anyone....Right Joseph?

But I digress...   My dream has several details that I know where only one person will understand the meaning.  And I also know that it is the sort of dream I don't want to tell "just anybody" because they may give me a translation that is "off."  

So what do I do?  

I could bury it in my mind and pretend it was "Just a dream."  But I know that I will be thinking about it and working through a translation for myself whenever I have a moment of free time.  (Which will probably happen anyway.)  

Or I could risk telling someone and having them give me a translation that does not work, but has elements that pull in the wrong direction.  

Or!  I could write about it.   Perhaps  in a blog posting or something...  Where I am able to write out the details and the understanding of the story.  Perhaps I could change the names of the people in my dream to "Protect the innocent."   ( There is nothing that "Bad" in the story.... But,  no one wants to have a character based off of actions that they never did in real life...)  And in doing so.... I could work out a meaning for myself.  Or at least a "working understanding" of the message that was sent. 

It is November.   And this is the month where writers are supposed to begin their 50,000 word novel writing.   A rough draft where you have 30 days to write something and a year to polish it and get it "published."  I have been inspired by lesser things.   Perhaps this is something that can prime the pump of my writer's fountain.  

 It has been rather dry for a long time.   

Or maybe it will just be an outlet for some mental clarity.   Who knows?   

But I am writing now.   In the morning....  Before Work!   Something I have never done before.   What would possess me to do such a thing?  

  Sounds like something you would do only a dream.