I recently had a lovely dream about the steps and lessons along the way of life.
There were lessons at various stations/locations, teachings about how to live, how to communicate, about negotiation, kindness, sexuality, and other aspects of the way we navigate our lives.
There were other individuals along this trail, and some stations were difficult to reach, to navigate, and/or to understand.
One was in an auditorium or theater – with rows of seats – and had something to do with understanding and acceptance of various orientations and ways …of self and others.
One was in a beautiful natural setting that was difficult to find …and even to see or perceive.
I remember talking with another person about the challenges of reaching these locations …as we sat on the auditorium chairs …not realizing that we were IN a teaching place at the time.
The journey could be walking or riding or simply being somewhere.
It involved being open-minded and seeing/understanding.
One could go to a teaching station and completely miss the lesson.
It was a beautiful dream and I felt honored by the message and excited about the levels of understanding and connection that I am learning to choose …through experience, and through the beautiful lessons.
As I thought about the dream, I realized that there has been a shift in my sexual orientation – more focus on alignment with my husband than on our individual pleasure.
Then my mind went to the day before when my husband and I discussed the placement of a used rug he’d bought. I had brought it into the living room and placed where I thought it should obviously go. He came into the room a bit later and joined me on the couch …and within a few minutes he said he had envisioned the rug in a different orientation. I consciously resisted the usual path of overriding his ridiculous idea. This would have been my choice in the past – not saying it was ridiculous but pushing my vision as the right one. Normally he would give way to this tactic.
On this day, however, we discussed it for a while and then decided to try it the way he preferred. We worked on getting it just right, moving the coffee table and getting it just as he wanted it.
This is way out of character for me – or for a prior version of me.
Eventually he decided that it worked better the original way, but I didn’t control the situation …or control him as I would have tried to do in the past. (He is historically more flexible than I regarding that sort of thing.)
He also has been shifting his energy toward me. I am experiencing much more support and appreciation from him, and much less of a critical focus on my cooking and other aspects of our life together.
We are liking each other more and learning harmoniousness!
I suppose life IS a classroom, kind of like in my dream …if one pays attention and is open-minded.
I want to say, in closing, that I had been feeling that my recent focus on not judging others was a final step in becoming a person I feel good about being.
Now I realize there is no end!
There are SO many ways of living our lives that could expand and improve – kindness, generosity, open-mindedness, supportiveness, holding one’s tongue, and on and on.
I feel excited about this, and curious about what’s ahead.
I also want to remind the reader that I have come to believe that dreams are messages from one’s soul.
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