A Tale of Two Reoccurring Dreams

When I am overwhelmed, when I feel like the daily grind is zapping my energy and spirit, when my brain is on overload, I often have one of two reoccurring dreams.

One dream I was reminded of just a couple of days ago, when a series of tornadoes ripped through mid-western Oklahoma again. In one of the live pictures they showed, you could see three snake-like tornadoes descending from the sky in one place, reminiscent of the movie Twister.

In my dream, I am always at my mom and dad's house in Liberty, OK. And we are always hiding in the hallway, or desperately seeking the safest place in the house (knowing there is not a "safest place"). And when I look out the windows, I realize that I am surrounded by those reptilian-looking tornadoes, but there are more than three--it's more like a dozen or two dozen. Some are on the horizon, headed my way, and some are close, surrounding the house. I usually wake up when the tornadoes are on every side of the house, and we are all hunched down in bleak anticipation of what is to come.

At this point, I don't want to spend time analyzing this dream. I want to talk about the OTHER dream I have.

There's another dream I have when I'm stressed out, overwhelmed. And in this dream, I go to my own personal Paradise. I've seen it time and time again, and every time I realize I'm there, I can inhale with gratitude. I know the room. It's a white sunroom, with big windows and white wicker furniture. The windows are covered with white see-through curtains, and there is a breeze blowing in from the outside. The temperature and the breeze are cool, soft, totally relaxing. And every time I go to this room, I am overwhelmed by the white-ness, the breeze, and how calmed I get there (in the space of a mere moment), and I close my eyes, so thankful, so very thankful, for the return visit.

This place is the place I wish for right now. I hope that I get to visit it again soon. I need it. I need to go there again, close my eyes and inhale deeply, relaxing at my core. This place I love.

I'm sure there is a house somewhere with a room in it like this one. I hope that someday I am able to afford a house with a room like this one. A place of calm and quiet.