Dreamland

The world of dreams is a strange and mysterious place and people are so fascinated with what happens in their sleep. Just recently, I was listening to someone try to remember what other symbols besides fish in dreams meant someone you know is pregnant.

There is always debate about whether your dreams represent subconscious desires or premonitions of things to come. Are they a product of the worrisome thoughts before sleep, or simply images compiled from our experiences?

Sometimes dreams are purely fantastical, with imaginary creatures and monsters. Yet other nights the dream may seem so real it leaves us disoriented when we awake.  Who has never woken up when they clutched the bed mid-fall? Or felt their heart racing from the run in their dreams?

Then there are the occasions when reality intrudes on the dreams. The telephone that turns out to be an alarm clock. The rain that is really pouring outside. The mysterious distant voice calling your name that turns out to be your mother.

So who is to say exactly where dreams and reality separate? Maybe we’re dreaming our lives now and this post doesn’t even exist.