Deepest Desires

Deep down, I think we all have this secret deep desire of what we wish we could do or be. Maybe we daydream about it and many times these are desires that just aren't going to happen due to any number of real limitations, not limitations such as laziness, fear etc...

Here's mine:
I wish I could be a rock singer and guitar player/multi-instrumentalist and had a band made up of great friends, men and women, and we played all the songs I like to a crowd full of other people I know. And one of the members of the band is a beautiful woman who is my wife.

Ah, well, I can't sing a lick, don't have a very good ear but do have a sense of rhythm and played drums for a number of years...until the kids came. I'll probably get another set after they leave the roost. But, I do have a beautiful wife.

What's your deepest desire?

Dreams, pt 2

I had some rather interesting dreams last night. As in my previous post, it's usually hard to recall them as they fade so quickly. However, the last dream of the night was rather vivid and I can recall it even as I write this.

But this isn't what I'm writing about. Based on a recent post on depression, I started thinking back on my old dreams. While I can recall the dreams in my old journal, I can't recall any from my late twenties or my thirties; again, water out to sea.

I wonder if my dreams would have been different had I diagnosed my depression earlier in life and had been taking medication. Would they be different in any way? How does depression affect the subconscious? How does medication?

An interesting question.

Dreams

I found my old dream log from the early '80s--covering the years 1980/81 (I was 15/16 yrs old).  I've recently tried to resurrect writing my dreams into a log.  But now, I'm just about 44 yrs old and the dreams fade so fast and I'm so tired I just can't get anything written down.

Looking over the old journal, I was able to capture as many as 3 or 4 dreams in one night.  Despite what some of you may think, not all of the dreams was sexually oriented.  Though I won't deny...some where.

The challenge with a dream log is, "a picture is worth a thousand words."  You're basically trying to capture a mini movie in words.  Not only are you trying to capture the story line but all feelings and meanings.  A very short simple dream can easily fill a whole page of writing.

To top it all off, you're trying to get it all down as fast as possible before the vision and the feelings fade.

Dream interpretation is a whole other matter.