“Dreams are illustrations… from the book your soul is writing about you.” Marsha Norman
Weekly Photo Challenge: Dreaming… Early morning stroll in the south of France…
Weekly Photo Challenge: Dreaming… Pointe Du Hoc
Weekly Photo Challenge: Dreaming… By way of Arromances
“Then indecision brings its own delays,
And days are lost lamenting o’er lost days.
Are you in earnest? Seize this very minute;
What you can do, or dream you can, begin it;
Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.” Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
In some cultures, it is believed that dreaming offers a gateway between the land of the living and the land of ancestral spirits or the dead. Sometimes our dreams are innocuous or confusing, and sometimes they are pithy with meaning; even prophetic. We can practice lucid dreaming as a way to dig deeper into a perplexing dream or find solutions to complex issues. Dreaming is ubiquitous, yet many of us don’t remember our dreams; most dreams are fleeting and leave nothing behind. Still, we day dream and night dream our way through life. I remember my dreams that appear in color and where I speak other languages… What about you?
“Do not lose hold of your dreams or aspirations. For if you do, you may still exist but you have ceased to live.” Henry David Thoreau
Weekly Photo Challenge: Dreaming… Omaha Beach on the way to Normandy
Weekly Photo Challenge: Dreaming… The Castle in Tarrytown, NY is a unique experience
Weekly Photo Challenge: Dreaming… The Golden Pavilion (Kinkakuji) in Kyoto
Whether we remember all of our dreams or just a few, dreams come in many forms. There are dreams that leave a strong message; nightmares, vivid dreams, or prophetic dreams. Our dreams could be in color, black and white or even hazy… For this photo challenge on Dreaming, I’ve selected a few photos that represent common yet indelible themes in my dreams. I dream a lot about foreign places or unfamiliar streets, bodies of calm water, and even building structures. I don’t always remember my dreams unless they leave an impression on my mind. Some of my dreams are prophetic while others offer solutions to problems or a simple sorting of the day’s events.
“Each of us has an inner dream that we can unfold if we will just have the courage to admit what it is… And the faith to trust our own admission. The admitting is often very difficult.” Julia Cameron
Weekly Photo Challenge: Dreaming… A drive by Sunset
Weekly Photo Challenge: Dreaming… The vestiges of war.
Weekly Photo Challenge: Dreaming… Birds, colors and settings have meaning in dreams
There are tremendous blessings conveyed through our dreams. If we take a moment to jot down, in a dream journal, what we remember when we awake in the morning, we’d soon see a pattern of grace has formed to guide us. Our dreams are a gateway to our hearts desire and a connection to our ancestral past. Pay attention for there are always even the simplest messages in our dreams. Embrace the grace. More below.
