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March 17, 2003
March 15, 2003
I had a really horrible dream last night. Several, actually. Let’s back up a bit though. To me, dreams have always been very significant. I have even had dreams that came true later, as in several months or weeks later. Very freaky. I don’t believe that EVERY dream I have will come true, but I take into consideration things that I dream that either bother me, or that really have inspirational value to me. So, I would like to share this dream with you that I had last night as it is related to our current events:
My Dream of 03/14/03
“I was in Wal-Mart or some such HUGE store. I don’t know if my kids were with me or not, but I do think I was alone. All of a sudden, we hear our air raid sirens going off and they are VERY loud. Somehow, in my dream, I knew that the sirens were NOT being tested, but that they were our warning. I immediately started yelling that everyone get underground! I knew that we were about to bombed. We could hear planes flying closer to us overhead. We all looked at each other in shock. Where was our military??? To our horror, we realized that because of all the military men and women that had shipped out, we had left ourselves vulnerable to an attack on our own soil. (This is our reasoning in my dream, not in REAL life!!!) People started screaming, and running in every direction. I tried to remain calm and get everyone somewhere that would be underground but realized that Wal-Mart was probably as not well equipped with bomb shelters as a store in Israel might have been. At that moment, we realized that an enemy military was invading our country. The fear was intense.”
My purpose in sharing this dream is due to the fact that the fear was real. The feelings in it were real. When, I woke up, I started thinking about the dream itself. It really caused me to wonder what might happen if the US was actually invaded. Not that I really think this could happen, but who knows right? I mean, did any of us actually think that 9/11 could ever happen to us? The dream caused me to start thinking about the events that caused those feelings of fear. As cheesy or stupid as this may sound, I actually feel like I could relate to someone who has lived through an enemy invasion on their country’s soil. It was so strange!!! And so, with all of the events that are happening today, such as the growing conflict in Iraq, it really caused me to think. (But I have not changed my stance on this political issue, if that’s what you were thinking.) I thought about the US and if the roles were reversed.
Once again, I welcome any comments. You are free to tell me what you think my dream means!
Until next time (in which I may or may not have more dreams to share)
Heather
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