Good

For the first time in probably a decade I had a good dream.

A sign of things to come?

Doubtful, but it's something to hold onto for now.

Exhale

The Scene:

I was in a place I'd never been and as I was being shown around we came to a swimming pool...

The Conversation:

Host:
Here there is no need to breathe by inhaling and exhaling. You can, but you don't have to.
Like most new arrivals you are still breathing, but that's a matter of habit.

Me:
So this means we could go under water for?..

Host:
Correct, there would technically be no need to surface.  However,  a lot of people drown.

Me:
I don't understand.

Host:
Right now breathing is all you know, you've been doing it so much for so long.
Once you realise, really realise, you don't have to, you can stop, and you will.
Eventually breathing will require a conscious effort, and there will be times that you'll want to.

Attemping to be fully submerged for any given length of time is such a foreign concept, not being used to it can cause panic. The default mode kicks in and people start trying to breath again.

They wind up drowning.

End Scene

It's taken me weeks to find the lesson in this dream, but here's my take away:

Fully experiencing and enjoying the moments and people around, you by not doing what you don't have to, may be the very thing that keeps you alive.

Dream Untitled

Dream Untitled

by Roberto Esponja on Monday, January 16, 2012 at 12:37pm ·

I have a dream, that one day people will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character; that justice would be afforded to all, not just all who can afford it.

That "liberal" would one day describe how we dispense of grace and mercy, "conservative" would describe how we exercise judgment, and that "independent" would be the manner of our thinking apart from the world.

I have a dream, that education, medical care, and healthy food would not be reserved simply for those in the upper tax brackets, and that we might reserve our largest celebrations for the accomplishments of others, for those who are actually accomplishing something to the benefit of all, more than celebrity status.

That teaching would be seen as the responsibility of all, not just the problem of the school systems, and that entertainers would be seen simply as such, and not the "role models" we blame for the children we've left behind, for they are our future, and we are theirs.

Yes, I too have a dream.

That one day the world would not be viewed as us and them, but simply as us. As a gift from God that we are to care for and preserve for future generation and that all people, everywhere would be seen by their inherent God given worth as equal.

Celebrate the man, and celebrate his savior.

Solo Cristo Salva d(-_-)b