Monday, April 25, 2016

Dreams


I remember waking up several times during the night, sweating, even though the floor fan whirred quietly, blowing gentle breezes across the uncomfortably hot bed sheets.  The first couple of times, I didn’t mind getting out of bed. 

But, this last time, I uttered a moan of regret at having to leave the bed and the warm and beautiful dream I was having. This was not the first time I had had a similar dream, but this particular dream was so real, so peaceful, and sweet that I didn’t want to wake up.

I closed my eyes tightly, trying to force myself back to sleep without answering the call of nature that had jolted me awake.  No matter how hard I tried, I couldn’t get back to sleep.  I lay there for what seemed like an eternity trying to figure out how I could recapture the delicious dream, nothing worked. 

Finally, giving up in despair, I reasoned that if I hurried to the bathroom and back to bed I might be able to salvage that wonderful feeling I had just before waking up.

It wasn’t long before I was in that semi-conscious state between hearing the radio and not being able to distinguish what the talk show host was talking about. 

In a matter of minutes the peacefulness of the dream returned, washing me with a feeling of pure ecstasy.  I sleepily wished to return to the same spot in the dream where I left off before. I’m ready …      

Let the dream begin! 

10 comments:

  1. I know this. Yes, it's happened to me, too. Except I've never been able to recapture a great dream. In more recent years I have woke up laughing from something in my dream, waking myself up in the process and then having no memory of what I dreamed. Those are even more frustrating. Here will be a great heart-to-heart: Have you ever had an ongoing series of dreams? I get that every once in while. It's like almost watching your life in a T.V. series.
    I wonder if I am a weird dreamer ?
    The Castle Lady

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  2. so tell us about the dream... I'm usually happy to awake and leave dumb dreams behind and the stress involved. lol!

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  3. Yes Evelyn, I have had an ongoing series of dreams before. Some were rather disconcerting because I could never get to the end. Thanks for stopping in and for leaving the nice comment.

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  4. I hear you loud and clear, Lin. I also like to leave the dumb dreams and the stress involved behind. Those are the times I an happy to wake up and get out of bed. Thank you for coming by to read and for the nice comment. Oh! I don't remember the dream itself, just the delicious feeling I had about it.

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  5. I have a recurring dream of being in a beautiful park close to water and I don't want it to stop.

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  6. So you know what I'm referring to Medeia. Those are too too sweet and satisfying. So we don''t want to let go of them. Thanks for stopping in and for commenting, I appreciate that.

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  7. blessings my friends......
    Ha nature always interrupts the flow of things. Isn't funny when its a sweet dream you have difficulty recapturing it but when its a nightmare you fall right back into it in the sport the scared the hibbie gibbies out of you?

    ah life.
    have a blessed one
    peace.
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    1. Oh yes Rhapsody, you are so right. I have had my share of nightmares in my lifetime. No amount of waking up or getting up can stop you from picking up right where you left off in a nightmare. But the sweet dreams, you never can get them back.

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  8. I don't think I've ever been able to recapture a dream after waking... even half waking. Sometimes I have the worst time getting up. My husband and I joke that it feels like the bed keeps grabbing us and pulling us back onto the mattress.

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    1. That has happened to me also, Kay. That only happens though during the nightmares. Seems as if the bed is saying, "get back down here you've got to finish this".

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