Things have been kind of slow for me lately as far as dreams are concerned. For me, that's really rare. I guess even dreams have their seasons too like everything else.
I will say though that I had kind of a strange dream last night. First of all I went to bed not feeling to well. When I managed to fall asleep I woke up a short time later with my stomach hurting me. I managed to settle it and when I fell back to sleep I had a dream that I was sick to my stomach. The dream had very little detail, if any, and all I remember was that I felt sick in the dream. It was very brief and the only thing that stuck out to me in it was that I was sick in my dream too.
I woke up not long after falling back to sleep and since waking up I've been wondering something...
Does anyone else out there have dreams like that? Where you feel one way (sick/mad/sad/scared) in reality and then when you fall asleep you feel the same way in your dreams?
Monday, February 21, 2011
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Baseball Pitcher?
Last night I dreamed I was drafted by the Louisville Cardinals baseball team to play pitcher. First of all I couldn't believe it because I am NOT a baseball player. Fan for sure, but player? Not so much! I don't have the skills to play little league baseball let alone for a major college.
The funny thing about the whole thing though was in my dream after I found out I was drafted I started to practice. Makes sense to do that but what's funny is the WAY I was practicing. I dreamed I had a closet outside somehow that was full of clothes. I would take my place on the pitchers mound and throw pitches into the closet!
Even more funny was the fact that a group of little kids started to help me practice! They would run the bases for me as I would practice my pitching! I would also practice trying to get them out if they made an effort to steal a base or something.
It was a fun dream but super weird. I mean who has access to a closet OUTSIDE of all places? My dreams never cease to surprise me.
Sweet Dreams,
Joe
The funny thing about the whole thing though was in my dream after I found out I was drafted I started to practice. Makes sense to do that but what's funny is the WAY I was practicing. I dreamed I had a closet outside somehow that was full of clothes. I would take my place on the pitchers mound and throw pitches into the closet!
Even more funny was the fact that a group of little kids started to help me practice! They would run the bases for me as I would practice my pitching! I would also practice trying to get them out if they made an effort to steal a base or something.
It was a fun dream but super weird. I mean who has access to a closet OUTSIDE of all places? My dreams never cease to surprise me.
Sweet Dreams,
Joe
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
WWE Champions, Short Term Goals and Jesus
I had a dream last night that I was teaching a group of guys at church (something I used to do a lot of) about how to improve their relationship with Jesus. The way I illustrated it was kind of crazy...
I was getting frustrated with them because I was starting to lose their attention. The youth minister was trying to get them to listen to me too but it wasn't working. Finally I yelled out as loud as I could and said, "you guys care more about who the freaking WWE Champion is more than the Lord Jesus Christ!" Needless to say, that got their attention.
Once I had their full attention I went on very passionately explaining to them how important it is to keep their relationship with the Lord their top priority. Everyone was listening. And then I told them something I feel like was actually for me in my real life circumstances instead of a group of young men...
I told them they needed to focus on accomplishing short term goals rather than trying to conquer a lot of long term goals. I told them that creating an environment of a lot of short term accomplishments would help build a strong foundation and would help motivate them to knock out those more difficult tasks ahead of them.
I woke up feeling like I had to learn this lesson myself. It was kind of weird seeing me tell a group of people something I actually needed to hear myself!
Sweet Dreams,
Joe
I was getting frustrated with them because I was starting to lose their attention. The youth minister was trying to get them to listen to me too but it wasn't working. Finally I yelled out as loud as I could and said, "you guys care more about who the freaking WWE Champion is more than the Lord Jesus Christ!" Needless to say, that got their attention.
Once I had their full attention I went on very passionately explaining to them how important it is to keep their relationship with the Lord their top priority. Everyone was listening. And then I told them something I feel like was actually for me in my real life circumstances instead of a group of young men...
I told them they needed to focus on accomplishing short term goals rather than trying to conquer a lot of long term goals. I told them that creating an environment of a lot of short term accomplishments would help build a strong foundation and would help motivate them to knock out those more difficult tasks ahead of them.
I woke up feeling like I had to learn this lesson myself. It was kind of weird seeing me tell a group of people something I actually needed to hear myself!
Sweet Dreams,
Joe
Monday, January 31, 2011
Welcome to Dream Prison
I'd like to welcome you to the Dream Prison. First, let me tell you a little bit about me. I'm a 28 year old male living in Indiana. I have an awesome family! My wife, Erica, is the love of my life and my daughter, Emily, is my world. Emily is a special needs child who battles the most severe form of epilepsy there is, Infantile Spasms. We struggle with her illness but we are strong and we will BEAT Infantile Spasms. Of that I am certain!
For as long as I can remember I've always had dreams. Weird dreams, scary dreams, happy dreams, vivid dreams, grotesque dreams, confusing dreams and even a few dreams that have been somewhat prophetic. The oldest dream I can remember is a dream that was a reoccurring one. (Perhaps that's why I remember it so well). I will tell that dream in its entirety another day in another post.
A lot of people have dreams and there is nothing that is "more special" about my dreams than anyone else's, other than the fact that mine are often so vivid and detailed. In fact, it never even occurred to me to start a dream blog until a friend of mine told me I HAD to start keeping these dreams in a journal or something. I considered it for a while and I've decided it was a great idea. I'm somewhat lazy so the thought of writing all these dreams in a journal wasn't very appealing and since I'm somewhat familiar with blogging I decided to create the Dream Prison blog.
I hope you find the Dream Prison interesting and maybe entertaining from time to time. I encourage you to participate and share your dreams and thoughts with me as we capture our dreams and lock them away forever. Who knows, maybe this can be the beginning of something big!
Sweet dreams,
Joe
For as long as I can remember I've always had dreams. Weird dreams, scary dreams, happy dreams, vivid dreams, grotesque dreams, confusing dreams and even a few dreams that have been somewhat prophetic. The oldest dream I can remember is a dream that was a reoccurring one. (Perhaps that's why I remember it so well). I will tell that dream in its entirety another day in another post.
A lot of people have dreams and there is nothing that is "more special" about my dreams than anyone else's, other than the fact that mine are often so vivid and detailed. In fact, it never even occurred to me to start a dream blog until a friend of mine told me I HAD to start keeping these dreams in a journal or something. I considered it for a while and I've decided it was a great idea. I'm somewhat lazy so the thought of writing all these dreams in a journal wasn't very appealing and since I'm somewhat familiar with blogging I decided to create the Dream Prison blog.
I hope you find the Dream Prison interesting and maybe entertaining from time to time. I encourage you to participate and share your dreams and thoughts with me as we capture our dreams and lock them away forever. Who knows, maybe this can be the beginning of something big!
Sweet dreams,
Joe
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