What was your dream?

by daystar 10 Replies latest social relationships

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  daystar

  I was such a romantic when I was younger. I entertained dreams that there was this one, beautiful woman out there that was meant for me, and I for her. I can remember thinking about these sort of things from a very early age, maybe as young as five years old.

  This woman (girl then) haunted my dreams, literally. She came to me in softness and purity and whispered promises of eternity into my ears, and planted seeds of bliss within my heart.

  In my teenage years, she began to visit me not just in dreams, but also in visions. She aged along with me and no longer the child, was becoming the woman, wise beyond her years and strong, with a beauty that caused my breath to catch.

  I dreamed and I wrote poetry of this woman. I knew she was not real, in the physical way. But I knew she meant something that was very important. So I wrote of this woman and how we would live, raise children, surrounded by them, and eventually spend our final days, always in love and in peace.

  Having read enough C.G. Jung (psychology) now, I understand what she was. And while, in many ways, the romance such as I had has left me, the dream stays with me, if only a ghost of what it once was.

  My Fairy Lady visited me one last time a few years back, after I'd come to terms with what she really was; what she symbolised. And she smiled in understanding and warmth... her eyes glowed with love towards me.

  My lover, my other half, within me.
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  serendipity

  
  Hi Daystar,

  Sweet story. You were definitely a romantic dreamer. My dream was to feel loved by my family and one special man. I'm still waiting.
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  LittleToe

  Serendipity:Look within

  Daystar:
  Well put.

  To the dreamer in each of us:
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  Wendy_Warden

  Wow, that was beautifully put. I once heard a song that said the highest point in a man's life is a dream. Sob, sniffle
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  Apostate Kate

  That was very deep Day. According to Jung you will never manifest that dream?

  My dream never included a man. I dreamed of horses. Riding, jumping, training, teaching riding, competing in equestrian events. I was a poor kid with no parental support in this dream so I would walk to local stables and clean poo in order to ride.

  Now I have a man that shares my dream, so it is really nice. Maybe that is the answer to dreams. Find that one person that shares your dream and cherish them.

  dunno really....
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  parakeet

  You have a poet's soul, daystar, although I'm still trying reconcile the wistful recounting of your beautiful dream with your ferocious-looking avatar. Sort of Beauty and the Beast.
  I'm well into middle age; my youthful dreams are long gone. But the idea of living on a sailboat in a remote tropical locale sometimes provides a few pleasant daydreams.
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  greendawn

  My dream was to have a nice country home made of stone and to live a natural life there in the fresh clean air of the countryside, to grow some fruit and veg, have chickens and ducks.
  
  Now when I think of it adding satellite TV and internet would make it even more worthwhile.
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  Mulan

  My dream was to get married young, have at least 4 children, and have a big happy family, eventually lots of grandchildren.

  I did it all. Married at 17 to a great guy, still married after 43 years. We had 4 wonderful, amazing children and now have 9 grandchildren.

  Our life is really good.
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  dimitri

  I don't remember a lot of good dreams of my own. Some of the good ones for many of us had been implanted from the pages of the WT lit. However, I can remember a lot of my own nightmares as far back as a little child. I was always alone against strange people I didn't know. This was beautifully put, Daystar. I asked myself why can't I see such beauty in my dreams? It made me stop and think, for which I thank you.
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  Brigid

  My dream? Ah yes, the never ending search for the Animus, thank you.

  This came from my Tarot card (according to a quiz on myspace--so it must be true, right?):

  You are the Lovers card. The Lovers card is about union. Each of us carries in our DNA the ability to be the opposite of what we think we are. Often our romantic attachments grow out of awe and respect as we see in another the characteristics we repress in ourselves. Society often presses us into molds of what it thinks masculinity and femininity should be. As a result, many of us associate with our gender certain positive characteristics and call others negative, when if these same qualities were held by a person of the opposite sex, our attitude towards them would be reversed. Getting in touch with our inner animus and anima, (Jung's terms for our inner male and female), allows us to see the whole of our personalities in a positive and constructive light. When you draw The Lovers card in a reading, you are working with balancing these forces. Depending on where the card is, you have either achieved balance or need to. The Lovers could indicate a romantic or even a platonic relationship. Ask yourself is this is a positive relationship that contributes to your growth as a complete human being, or if it fills an emotional craving within you that is actually detrimental to your personal growth?

  IMO, the reality of it lies not without, and not entirely within, but in the space between.

  ~Brigid