Thank God for dreams... Thank God they're just dreams...
Two photographs representing two differing viewpoints. The one on the left...dreams are the safe places where we can do anything we want and have any one we want. We can make love to movie stars, have one last fling with our exes, and seduce the ones we'd love to have a sordid affair with but never will. Ah yes...dreams that sweep us up into a world where our wild thoughts can run free and secret fantasies can play out in delicious fashion. Come here Gerard Butler and Clive Owen. Just one more time, J.B. Hmmm...and if I weren't married. (Je wist dit al, ja? Zo niet, surprise!)
The photograph on the right...dreams are the imaginary places where you often question your life choices and try on making different ones. You wander about and explore. You have conversations with yourself. You engage in behaviors you might normally wouldn't. It's all rather stimulating and secretive. It makes your heart beat hard and your body shiver and yet somewhere in that subconscious realm, you know you've done something that doesn't feel quite right. And then...you wake up to discover it was just a dream and you breathe a sigh of relief knowing you've escaped the consequences of your nocturnal actions.
It's natural to dream about the things we want, but what about the things we can't (or shouldn't) have? Is there something "wrong" when one dreams about someone else other than their significant other or spouse in a sexual or sensual way? Is it normal and healthy to have a go with your fervid passions while you slumber? Do you wonder (as I often do) what those "oh-so-nice-and-rather-naughty dreams are trying to tell you?
I've always been a vivid and passionate dreamer. It's not uncommon for me to wake up either heated up or horrified by the provocative pleasures I've just awakened from. Perhaps all of these dreams are showing up more frequently now because I'm writing a book about relationships and the men I've been with. No doubt they'll provide me with additional insights and encourage me to sleep and dream more.
Thank God for dreams that feel real and thank God for some dreams that will never come true.
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