Dreams...

I have been doing a lot of thinking about dreams lately.  Not only the dreams we have while we are asleep but those we strive for in life.  We are given this life, this one and only life to make it amazing and to try and make a difference in the world. 

My dreams have been wonky lately.  Yes, I did just use the word wonky.  I love that word.  When the weather is nice, I take my bike out on the trails around here.  So one morening when I woke up, I was not surprised I had a dream about biking on the trails.  I was taking my bike out.  I usually go about 8-10 miles each trip.  Towards the middle of my ride, the clouds started to close in.  I started to bike home as fast as I could.  As I continued, lighting started to strike.  I made it home but was barely missed by the lightning.  When I woke up the next morning, I looked up the significance of lightning in dreams.  It stated that changes would be coming and happiness on the way.  I took that as a good sign but still waiting for some of those changes. 

I had another dream where I was in a swimsuit going down a blue waterslide that was about a mile long.  Along the way, a kid would put obstacles in my path and I had to stop and move them.  I moved them and then continued on my way.  I woke up before I got to the end of the slide so I don't know how long it actually was.  I was curious about what this meant so I went to my friends on facebook.  My friend posted this: "It means that it feels like you're in an unstable period filled with change (and growth!) and that you feel like it's long and never-ending (which is why it's a mile long). But you choose to see it positively and make the most of it, since you see it as a water slide and not a rapid river that's hurting or drowning you." I found this explanation very helpful and makes me feel better about the dream.  I also found out that Water tends to be about purification, change, renewal and new life. Perhaps this is a good dream and the future will continue to be optimistic. 


With these dreams, it has made me think about my own dreams in life.  It makes me realize what I want in life.  In life, more and more I realize I want a family.  I am looking forward to one day saying vows to my future husband and starting our lives together.  With that life, I hope to bring some amazing children along with it.  As far as my career, I don't know where it is headed at the moment.  It is scary and exciting all at the same time.  I am a planner and it is hard not knowing what the future holds.  Ask anyone who knows me, I struggle with this.  I am optimistic that something will come through and things will be better.  Until then, I am working on another dream: my novel.  I have always dreamed to see my name in print on a book.  I have been in newspapers, poetry books and other blogs on the web but to see my name on a novel, it would be amazing.  It is a possiblity that I hope will come true one day.

Until these dreams come true, I will continue to dream.  It keeps me going and the fact that I can is amazing to me.  I don't know what the future holds but I hope that my dreams come true and how they are meant to.  I just have to remember to go forward with love.