Life is but a Dream

How do you dream?

I tend to dream in flashes. That's often how my childhood memories float back to me, in bits and pieces that come together to tell a story. My latest dreams are like pieces of a puzzle and the pieces are constantly changing. There's a vividness to my dreams. They never seem sureal, they are always what I beleive to be true in that moment. I often wake up and take a moment to question, "was that real?" And then I evaluate my surroundings , think about what I did the day before to get my mind settled back into real reality.
Another thing I notice about my relationship with my dreams is that I always have a feeling attached to every flash of a picture, kind of like a picture book where you flip the pages and the pictures move to tell a story. In the morning that is how I recall my dreams, by the feeling I created.
Have you ever woken up knew you had a dream but completely forgot what it was about? It has been proven that we have on average 5-7 dreams a night in our REM stage of sleep. However, we only remember or retain a small percentage of those dreams.

I just googled dreams and found an artcile by Brian Rice and this is the first paragraph:

"Dreaming is defined as the subjective experience of imaginary images, sounds/voices, thoughts or sensations during sleep. Dreams represent a world of imagery in which our darkest fears, deepest secrets, and most passionate fantasies break out from the unconscious mind and only at this time become present to our own consciousness."

I have recently started a dream journal. I am trying to record my dreams, even if they are night terrors. I keep it on my bedside and even wrote something in it at 4 in the morning when the rain woke me up. The thing is, Im not exactly sure why Im doing this. I really dont have any intention of analzying these entries. Maybe re-reading a couple because some of the ideas and thoughts are out-of-this world wacky andf funny.
But it feels good just to jot them down. I suppose I realize how incredibly creatiive and illogical dreams can be, and how liberating that is. In dreams, possibilities are so endless, possibilities don't even exist. That fascinates me.

You know what I do miss doing? Daydreaming. When you completely zone out but you are completely awake. You have that look in your eyes where you are looking somewhere yet not focused on anything really, just your dream. These often are so great, but since moving into adulthood I've sadly lost some of my childhood faith and have learned that daydreaming during school, work etc. is not appropriate. I dont daydream like I used to. I miss daydreams.

But I still dream vivdly in my sleep.

Here's to many sweet dreams from me to you.
Don't let the bedbugs bite.