3-28-10 "Dreaming ties all mankind together." Jack Kerouac

"All human beings are also dream beings. Dreaming ties all mankind together" Jack Kerouac

Have you ever had a dream that you can't quite explain? Or a recurring dream that is in a place you have never been?
We all have bizarre dreams. Most of them are based on real issues that we are trying to work through. Our brain doesn't stop working just because we sleep....it keeps going like that rabbit!!
In the past I have had dreams of my Grandmothers after they had passed. And I have been waiting for the dream of my Mother. I finally had the dream. And it was weird but also kind of funny because in the dream, I remembered that she was gone. So, I hugged and kissed her and told her that I love her. And then I told her to go back to bed!! So, was this my brain telling me that it's time to really let her go or did she really come to see me? That is a question that will not be answered in this lifetime. I believe both though.
I also visit a place in my dreams that is unlike anywhere I have ever been. I am not sure if such a place exists. Is this someone else's dream? Or perhaps I have an incredibly vivid imagination? Of this, I am not sure. I do feel that we are all connected. And maybe, just maybe, I am sharing something with someone I don't know. Or maybe, I am just a wishful thinker and don't want to feel so disconnected from all of mankind by my daily tasks.
Wouldn't it be wonderful, to be connected to each other? And even better, if we all realized it? Then we could end war, hunger, loneliness, ignorance...the list goes on of the things that could be accomplished!
But in our friendships and families, we should try to stay connected, for comfort in the bad times and joy in the good times. Not just in our sleeping dreams.

May your week be as fruitful as I will try to make mine!

L