I dream almost every night, but most of the time I can't remember them when I wake up. Instead I'm left with a feeling that I've forgotten something and I could have sworn there was something I was supposed to do... Then there are the dreams that are so vivid, I am completely aware of my surroundings, I can smell, taste, touch and feel everything around me. The scene so real my emotions are overwhelmed and I find myself waking up laughing or crying out loud. These are the dreams that I know I need to listen to, there is a lesson to be learned.
Last night I had one of the vivid dreams...
I dreamt I was a moody teenager again and my mother took me to a doctor for help. I was depressed and shattered to say the least. After a brief exam, the three of us sat at a table to discuss procedures to get me in a better state of mind. I got the impression my mother thought I was broken and just needed to be fixed, like I was a malfunctioning gadget. And the doctor was not much better, he was clearly there to help my mother with her problem, rather than help the emotionally wrecked child. They were talking about me and making decisions for me and never once asked me what I thought or how I felt. I tuned them out and started having a conversation with another patient in the room, and I was immediately reprimanded by my mother. Hearing her false accusations and nasty voice, I began to cry uncontrollably. The doctor then seemed to become a little panicked and rushed, he handed my mother a piece of paper from his stack. He asked me, "what was the event that happened when you were eight?" Before I could answer my mother blurted out, "when you were eight, we were baking cookies and I shoved cookie dough down your shirt!" That sounded so random and ridiculous and completely untrue that I burst out loud in uncontrollable laughter. It felt so good to laugh like that again, I couldn't remember the last time I laughed so hard that everything else fell away from my mind and I felt only pure joy. Once that thought dawned on me, a sense of falseness washed over me. That wasn't what happened, it wasn't something funny, it was something dark - very dark - and I felt the illusion shatter. I was still broken. I wanted to be broken. How dare they try to take that away from me... I woke up as my mother looked at me with disappointment.
As much as we may want a quick fix or miracle cure, to erase the ugly from our minds, it's there for a reason, it has a purpose. While others may not understand it, they may want to fix you because it makes them feel better and less uncomfortable in your presence. Instead, we need to examine the pain, really feel it and experience it. Listen to it, understand it, what lesson is there waiting to be learned in the pain?
After my self examination, I know I obviously don't want to feel that pain again... who does, right? Feeling such deep emotional pain makes me want to feel even deeper love. Love for myself and love for others. I would never wish this pain on another being, not to mention being the cause of it. And so my hope is to strive to be a better mother, a better person. I want to bring as much love into this world as I can, and leave it in better condition than it was in when I arrived.
∞ Danica Simone ∞
Check out the video below, "Lost Within" by A Himitsu for the soundtrack to this post. Enjoy!
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Track Info:
Title: Lost Within
Artist: A Himitsu
Genre: Dance & Electronic
Mood: Sad
Download: https://goo.gl/cF9EC4
Lost Within by A Himitsu https://soundcloud.com/a-himitsu
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