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!
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.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if I am a weird dreamer ?
The Castle Lady
so tell us about the dream... I'm usually happy to awake and leave dumb dreams behind and the stress involved. lol!
ReplyDeleteYes 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.
ReplyDeleteI 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.
ReplyDeleteI have a recurring dream of being in a beautiful park close to water and I don't want it to stop.
ReplyDeleteSo 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.
ReplyDeleteblessings my friends......
ReplyDeleteHa 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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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.
DeleteI 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.
ReplyDeleteThat 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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